Yesterday, I spent the morning photographing a hostage situation in which 4 firefighters were held captive by a former volunteer member. Luckily, all ended well when the man gave himself up to police.

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Here’s a short video I made as well:

See the news story here: http://www.theintell.com/news/local/no-one-hurt-in-hostage-incident-at-cheltenham-s-lamott/article_eda1d6d1-ac8c-508f-9227-de74ba2297c3.html