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How a rabbi and other hostages made it out safely from a Texas synagogue

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Many questions remain following this weekend's hostage-taking at a synagogue near Fort Worth. The four hostages survived the attack but the gunman died.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

Details are emerging about how a man took several people hostage at a Texas synagogue over the weekend. The assailant, 44-year-old British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, knocked at the entrance to Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Saturday morning. Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker let him in, thinking he needed shelter. The rabbi made the man a cup of tea and chatted with him before joining his congregation for prayers. That is when the encounter took a turn.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "CBS MORNINGS")

CHARLIE CYTRON-WALKER: I heard a click. And it could have been anything, and it turned out that it was his gun.

MARTINEZ: Talking to "CBS Mornings" there, Rabbi Cytron-Walker detailed² what it was like to be held hostage with a few other congregants for nearly 11 hours.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "CBS MORNINGS")

CYTRON-WALKER: The last hour or so of the standoff, he wasn't getting what he wanted. He was getting - it didn't look good. It didn't sound good. We were very - we were terrified.

MARTINEZ: I spoke³ earlier with NPR's Wade⁴ Goodwyn in Dallas, where he's been following this story. I asked him first about that act of charity on the part of the rabbi toward a man who appeared to need some.

WADE GOODWYN, BYLINE⁵: Yeah, it's painful to have this story began with this act of kindness. So it's Saturday. There's a Shabbat service about to begin. And that's when Akram pulls a gun and begins to angrily voice commands at the rabbi. And that gets heard by a group of worshippers who are listening to the service on the web, and a couple of them called 911, and that's how it all began.

MARTINEZ: Now, we've been hearing a lot about how the assailant repeatedly pressed law enforcement for the release of a Pakistani scientist currently imprisoned⁶ in Texas. What else have you learned about that?

GOODWYN: Yeah. He wanted the release of this convicted Pakistani woman. Her name is Aafia Siddiqui, and she was connected to al-Qaida. She's now in federal prison near Fort Worth, which is not that far from the synagogue. And in 2008, she was convicted of trying to kill a group of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan while she was being interrogated⁷, and somehow she managed to grab a M-4 rifle and started shooting. But she couldn't hit anyone, and she was shot in the stomach by the interrogator⁸. And eventually, she's, you know, shipped to the U.S. and sentenced to 86 years, you know. And during the standoff we just had, Akram's brother, who helped English authorities by trying to talk his brother into releasing the hostages, has told the press his brother was very seriously mentally ill, and he was surprised Akram even managed to get into the U.S.

MARTINEZ: Wade, how did the hostages wind up getting free?

CYTRON-WALKER: Well, I mean, the oldest man was somewhat infirm (ph). He got released at 5. And after 9 p.m. it got to get bad, and Akram was getting furious with the FBI, and the rabbi thought it was time to try to escape. They were near an exit. And that's when Akram told them to get down on their knees, and the rabbi shook his head no, reached down, grabbed a chair, threw it at Akram, and the three of them bolted out of the exit door like lightning and disappeared into the darkness. Akram followed, opened the door there a little bit, couldn't see them, so he went back inside. And then seconds later, the FBI attacked him.

MARTINEZ: That's NPR's Wade Goodwyn talking to us from Dallas, Texas. Wade, thanks.

GOODWYN: You're quite welcome.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

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2 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

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3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

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5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

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• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 imprisoned   

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7 interrogated   

v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询

参考例句：

• He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了12个多小时。
• Two suspects are now being interrogated in connection with the killing. 与杀人案有关的两名嫌疑犯正在接受审讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 interrogator   

n.讯问者；审问者；质问者；询问器

参考例句：

• No,I was not mad, but my interrogator was furious. 不，我没疯，只是质问我的人怒不可遏。 来自互联网
• Miss Fan lacked such an interrogator with whom she could whisper intimately. 范小姐就缺少这样一个切切私语的盘问者。 来自互联网