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Post by elaine on Jan 16, 2022 2:34:35 GMT
So this is about a mile and a half from my home, my son would practice baseball across the street from CBI in a church baseball field. I was actually out running errands and saw the police come flying back towards the CBI and then on my way home, I have to turn on the street it’s on to get home and saw the police had the street blocked - I could see another car blocking the road farther down. I knew it had to be some kind of situation and my heart sunk when I saw the news. My kids attend/attended a local Christian school and this Rabbi actually partners with our school to help with a Worldviews class. He’s super well respected, kind, and my prayers are that his character will some how help this end peacefully. It’s been a long day in Colleyville - heavy hearts here. I’ll add I am on several Colleyville and local FB groups, and lots of conveetarion was going on before it hit the national news. I clicked a link early on that went to the live service - it was streaming on FB for probably 3+ hours. I did not know that was what I was clicking on and it was horrifying to literally hear the conversation and words of the terrorist. I’ve stayed off media other than to keep up with any major updates because it becomes too overwhelming to think this is in my neighborhood. Hate and hurt are driving so much ugliness right now. I am sorry. ☹️ Thank you for checking in here, even though it is overwhelming.
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Post by MichyM on Jan 16, 2022 2:39:44 GMT
I clicked a link early on that went to the live service - it was streaming on FB for probably 3+ hours. I did not know that was what I was clicking on and it was horrifying to literally hear the conversation and words of the terrorist. I’ve stayed off media other than to keep up with any major updates because it becomes too overwhelming to think this is in my neighborhood. Hate and hurt are driving so much ugliness right now. Oh my, that had to have been horrifying. I’m so sorry. I’m trying to stay away from details right now, and while I knew a service was being live-streamed at the time, I was unaware that it continued after he took the hostages.
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Post by elaine on Jan 16, 2022 3:51:21 GMT
Governor Abbot just tweeted that all of the hostages are out safely.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jan 16, 2022 4:01:34 GMT
Governor Abbot just tweeted that all of the hostages are out safely. Wonderful news!
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Post by Legacy Girl on Jan 16, 2022 5:11:32 GMT
According to my late local news, the attacker/hostage taker was killed.
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Post by CardBoxer on Jan 16, 2022 12:42:28 GMT
Thank goodness for the outcome. And thank you for your local insight Texas Scrap.
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Post by scrapmaven on Jan 16, 2022 16:16:20 GMT
My heart goes out to the people who must now find a way to heal and move fwd. May that congregation and community find healing.
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Post by Texas Scrap on Jan 16, 2022 18:06:14 GMT
Article
Thanks for all of the support here. As I listened to the press conference with our police chief, who I went to college with at Texas A&M and he also worked for the same corporation I do many years ago, I was so proud of the way he and the FBI spoke about the collaborative effort. Even the faith community had a gathering of leaders from across the metroplex at the near by church supporting the police chaplain on site, family and praying together. This article shared a bit about the Rabbi at CBI and some neat highlights of how people came together. I feel a little bit of faith restored in humanity this morning.
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