(Jewish Group) Colleyville synagogue: Texas rabbi says he threw a chair at synagogue gunman

[Behind the Aegis]

‘We were terrified’: Texas rabbi says he threw a chair at synagogue gunman to facilitate escape

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker has publicly described for the first time the moment he and two other hostages escaped a gunman in his synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday

“The last hour or so of the standoff, he wasn’t getting what he wanted,” Cytron-Walker told the BBC in an interview posted on Monday morning. “It didn’t look good. It didn’t sound good. We were very, we were terrified.

“And when I saw an opportunity where he wasn’t in a good position, I made sure that the two gentlemen who were still with me that they were ready to go. The exit wasn’t too far away. I told them to go, I threw a chair at the gunman and I headed for the door. And all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired.”

The 11-hour standoff in the Fort Worth suburb Saturday ended when an FBI SWAT team raided the synagogue after the rabbi and two other hostages fled. The gunman, Malik Faisal Akram, a British citizen, died in the raid.

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Always know where the exists are!

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Yes, indeed, it is good to always see where the exits are. It's also good to note where the nearest

chairs/handy weapons are too. A sad thing (having to hunt for weapons in a church) but they helped save these 3 lives.

[Trueblue1968]

2. i hope they threw the chair so hard, it hit the gunman in the head with a big crater.