Some higher-profile cases include the Waco siege ; Ruby Ridge ; the capture of the suspected masterminds of the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Africa ; the rescue following the 2013 abduction of a five-year-old boy in Alabama ; the hostage rescue operations of prison guards at Talladega , Alabama , and St. Martinville , Louisiana ; and the January 29 , 2016 confrontation with militants involved in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge . On April 19 , 2013 , the Hostage Rescue Team arrested a man in Watertown , Massachusetts , after a manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , one of two perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing of April 15 . HRT rescued a teenager by killing her abductor on August 10 , 2013 . HRT rescued kidnap victim Frank Arthur Janssen . The HRT assisted in the capture of Eric Frein , the sole suspect in the 2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack . The FBI HRT was deployed to the 2016 Republican National Convention and the 2016 Democratic National Convention The HRT has suffered four known fatalities , all training related . The first was James K. McAllister , who died during a fast rope training exercise in 1986 . The second known fatality was Gregory J. Rahoi , who died in a live fire exercise in 2006
2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack
2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack
Hostage Rescue Team