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Hostage are now safe after an 11-hour ordeal after the suspect is now dead. he was armed with a gun as he entered the synagogue. it was live streamed. let s go to cnn s ed lavandera who is on the scene for us in colleyville, texas. we were just following it all day yesterday, we were just worried sick about that. but we now have audio from inside that building. ed, what more are we learning? reporter: hey, jim. we reported extensively on this yesterday what it was like for congregation members of the beth israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas, to watch the beginnings of this hostage situation unfold on the live stream of the sabbath services. several congregation members told us they were listening to the suspects screaming frantically on there, vacillating emotionally between ....
And try to do something nefarious. and i m wondering if you think that that essentially is going to have to be the trend across the country to be able to prevent attacks like this, essentially, you know, congregation members paying their dues and being able to put those teams together to stay safe? because this just keeps happening. look, whether it s a mega church like first baptist church dallas or it s a small church of 50 people, we need to be prepared. and i think about this tragedy that occurred just a few years ago. i was here on fox talking about it, first baptist the church sutherland springs and that horrific massacre that occurred there. and the fact is no church is immune from this kind of attack, and every church, every synagogue needs to be prepared regardless of the size. and even if a church can t afford a security or team, a paid security team, you can have your own members trained to take ....
Beloved rabbi of this synagogue. because of the covid pandemic, the vast majority of the members of this synagogue had not been attending sabbath services in person. that s why there were so few people inside. and the congregation members that we ve spoken with say they have been watching all of the events unfolding here throughout the course of the day extremely dramatic, tense, frightening, and all of this culminating here this evening with what we heard as a loud explosion followed by a short series of rapid gunfire. and now the governor of texas says the remaining hostages who were inside that synagogue are safe and alive. i ll read that tweet verbatim. all hostages safe and situation over at congregation beth israel synagogue in colleyville, texas. that s greg abbott, his official post on twitter. ed, you mentioned the explosion and the gunfire. we do have tape of that, the ....
And on top of that it is tucked away kind of hidden in a residential neighborhood surrounded by residential homes. it s not out on full display on a major boulevard here in the city of colleyville or anything like that. if you re not from here, you really have to go searching for this synagogue to find it. it s in very close proximity to dallas-fort worth international airport. as several congregation members described it to me today there are not a lot of members of the jewish faith here in this northeast tarrant county. but it was a synagogue that was really making its mark according to the members we spoke with today and specifically the rabbi who was held hostage here throughout the entire day. and they described the rabbi here of this synagogue as someone who has spent much of his tenure reaching out to other denominations, other faiths. we heard from muslim community ....