Thank you for joining us today for the conclusion of a special two-part interview with retired FBI Special Agent Kyle Vowinkel.\xa0
Kyle Vowinkel dedicated 33 years of service to his country as an FBI Special Agent, U.S. Army officer, and West Point graduate. He has significant leadership experience as an FBI senior executive who served at multiple FBI offices and retired as Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) in Miami.
Prior to ASAC, he served on two unique U.S. national assets\u2013the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and the U.S. government\u2019s negotiation arm, the Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU).\xa0
\xa0The FBI sent him to over twenty countries, including China, Qatar, Kenya, South Korea, and Peru.\xa0 He deployed as a tactical operator on HRT on hundreds of high-risk missions domestically as well as overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan. At CNU he negotiated with kidnappers, pirates, and terrorists. He has deployed to several high-profile situations, including the Boston Marathon bomber, where he convinced him to give up peacefully. He led the negotiation that resulted in the successful rescue of the five-year-old boy known as the \u201cboy in the bunker.\u201d\xa0
In today\u2019s episode we discuss:
.\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Kyle's role as a Crisis Negotiator successfully convincing one of the Boston Marathon Bombing suspects to surrender peacefully.\xa0
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 We discuss the movie Patriot\u2019s Day and the accuracy of the movie compared to the actual event.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Kyle and the team of Crisis Negotiators who responded to the \u201cBoy in the Bunker\u201d standoff that occurred in 2013.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Working in concert with local law enforcement and the FBI\u2019s HRT team during the seven-day standoff.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Believing in a higher power during life and death situations.\xa0
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Lessons learned from this event and the importance of a debrief.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Kyle writing a book about his life and the intense situations he participated in.
All of this and more on today\u2019s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast.
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