By Kelli Smith and Maggie Prosser From The Dallas Morning News DALLAS—A Colleyville rabbi was held captive this weekend for more than 11 hours inside Congregation Beth Israel said Monday that he and two others escaped after he threw a chair at the hostage-taker. Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker said on “CBS Mornings” he let the hostage-taker inside the synagogue Saturday because the man appeared to need shelter. The gunman had knocked on a glass door and Cytron-Walker took him in and made the 44-year-old British national a cup of tea, the rabbi said. “When I took him in, I stayed with him,” Cytron-Walker told “CBS Mornings.” “Making tea was an opportunity to talk with him. At that moment, I didn’t hear anything suspicious. … It was during prayer—while we’re praying and my back was turned. We face toward Jerusalem while we pray. Right before he revealed himself … I heard a …
Hostages Talk About What Happened While Held Captive Inside Texas Synagogue for 11 Hours
January 19, 2022
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