Some 300 St. Joseph residents came together on the evening of August 20 to commemorate the victims . Ronny McDaniel , the husband of Tamara McDaniel , told the gathering that he is relying on his faith , saying , " I know in my heart it was meant to be . It was God 's will to take them home . If they could come back right now , they would n't come back . I just believe they 're in a better place . " Robby White , husband of Patricia White , the hostage who was released , explained the loss to the community : This tragedy was n't on the scale of 9/11 , but it had the same effect on this community . There 's no way to describe the feelings that each of us felt when we discovered the situation had turned so very wrong . We became stunned , shocked and so damn angry . Colonel Edmonson addressed the gathering and announced a thorough investigation would be undertaken to determine why Ahmed attacked the bank and its employees . Edmonson said that a final report since released would attempt to reveal Ahmed 's state of mind to help perhaps prevent future attacks of this kind
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Tensas State Bank hostage crisis