FLOWER MOUND, Texas – Hours after being taken hostage by an armed stranger at the temple he leads, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker feared that the situation was deteriorating. The captor’s demands weren’t being satisfied. Terror was mounting among the rabbi and two remaining hostages.

Glimpsing an opportunity, Cytron-Walker sprang into action.

“I made sure that the two gentlemen who were still with me, that they were ready to go,” the rabbi recounted in an interview with CBS. “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.”... Read More: Washington Post