Texas synagogue hostage says gunman told them to get on their knees moments before daring escape

One of the hostages in the synagogue standoff in Colleyville, Texas, said he thought the gunman was going to kill them shortly before they made their daring escape. Jeffrey Cohen, one of three hostages held at gunpoint for 11 hours inside Congregation Beth Israel on Saturday, said the suspect told them to get on their knees and that he was going to shoot them during the final hour they were held hostage. 

Cohen told CBS Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday that throughout most of the ordeal, the hostage-taker was "calm," and indicated he would not kill the hostages but that he was prepared to die. But, Cohen said, the man's demeanor changed in "the last half hour or so."

"He said he was going to shoot each of us, put a bullet in each of us," Cohen said. "That was the first time that he said that. And then just a few moments later, he said, 'I'm gonna make you get down on your knees, get down on your knees.'"