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He loved he was his hobby was being an auto mechanic and really it was amazing to see this Community Come together and call this man a hero for what he did. We spoke with his son and daughter last week and they were just torn apart and his daughter told me that, you know, people are calling him a hero, but hes been a hero all her life. So they have been remembering him for the past few days. Yesterday was his funeral, and this community has been really shocked about what happened here. Okay. Well, we are awaiting a press conference. We know that the hostage standoff has come to an end. When we...

Hugh mccall, h-u-g-h, mccall m-c-c-a-l-l. thank you. >> so we're just hearing from -- what appears to be a public relations spokesperson explaining that in five minutes a press conference will be taking place. gabe gutierrez is our correspondent on the ground. gabe, go ahead. >> reporter: hi, martin. how are you? certainly a lot of excitement here as people await this news conference. i was able to confirm with local law enforcement that the child is alive and the suspect is dead at this point. and right now i am joined by michael, one of the local pastors that really has been so involved in t...

Been here virtually around the clock but a state senator who has been here. it's really an emotional time for them. one of those people is pastor michael sens who has been here since the very beginning. we saw him the first day we were here. pastor, tell me after hearing that news conference, what's going through your head? >> just very thankful that the child is safe. i have heard it for several minutes now, but to hear them say and confirm that the young boy is okay just really wants us to make -- makes us give praise to the lord for him watching over that young child and, of course, thanks ...

0 come down that dirt road before, and it was around the same time we heard that boom, when we heard that activity, and, you know, we're just really waiting to find out, and certainly if that is true, that this child made it out, that would be an incredible relief for this community. midland city, alabama, is a small town, about 2,400 people, and they have just been rocked by this standoff the past few days. about 140 hours at this point, and people here are tired because they've been praying for the past few days. they've been watching this unfold and really hoping that this would turn -- hav...