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As for the cafe manager tori johnson, he was very much loved by the people he worked with. they called him a compassionate leader who died exactly the way he lived, always looking out for others. here's friends talking about both victims. listen. >> i can't say enough about him. it doesn't surprise me. he was never going to leave. he never would have left his staff there. >> katrina was nothing short of formidable to be honest. she was probably the most intelligent person i knew. she had impeccable character. >> meantime the memorial at martins place where the shooting happened is growing by t...

There isn't that divide and we don't see that ugliness that can come about in times of crisis. >> vicky, as you're there covering the victims in the hospital, have they -- i'm sure they're investigating this, but do officials know how some of the victims were killed? could it possibilitiy hay possi friendly fire? >> reporter: look, as you just said, there is a current police investigation under way. these hostages were only released, the siege only ended some 11 hours ago, so it's still very early stages. as anna did mention before, it's thought that one of the victims, the cafe manager, was t...

Their lives first. what do you know about the actions of hostages inside that may have helped others, but cost their own lives? >> i don't know anything more than the general public does at this point. it's still very early days. what we know in sydney and australia is the new south wales police and the federal police and the authorities did an absolutely fantastic job dealing with what was a dreadful situation. it's still very early days in finding out actually what went on inside the cafe. and there will be a very full and thorough investigation of what actually did happen. but perhaps like ...

Ready for the race for the white house now that the midterms are history. other news we're following, it's just before 5:30 a.m. wednesday morning in sydney, australia. people there will be waking up to the aftermath of that deadly hostage standoff. authorities are investigating what happened during that nearly 17-hour siege that left two hostages and the gunman dead. reports say the victims, a prominent attorney and the cafe manager, died while trying to protect others inside. we get more now on the standoff, the victims and a country in mourning from cnn's andrew stevens. >> reporter: a be...

This terrifying ordeal. after a firestorm of gunshots rang out in the heart of downtown sydney, authorities still piecing together what set off the chain of events, forcing heavily armed police to storm the lindt chocolate cafe freeing the hostages inside. >> they made the call because they believed at that time if they didn't enter, there would have been many more lives lost. >> reporter: some have has t said 34-year-old tori johnson, the cafe manager, may have grabbed the hostage-taker's gun but authorities wouldn't comment on these accounts. shots were heard from the street. during the stru...