1.   After hostage negotiators heard the gunshot over the phone, police waited about a half hour before entering the home.

2.   An envoy to Philippine government hostage negotiator Robert Aventajado confirmed seeing Schilling in an Abu Sayyaf camp, a U.S. State Department representative said.

3.   An hour later, after hostage negotiators were summoned, he changed his mind and let them in, the police said.

4.   Backup units, including Alabama Bureau Investigation hostage negotiators, were dispatched to the scene moments later.

5.   Barr told FBI higher-ups that he wanted to consult the hostage negotiators on the ground in Alabama.

6.   Both also happen to be tip-top hostage negotiators, well versed in the art of agreeing to crazy demands so as to outsmart terrorists and persuade them to surrender.

7.   A former hostage negotiator for the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police force, he has convinced kidnappers to free victims and coaxed the despondent out of jumping off bridges.

8.   A former hostage negotiator for the Washington Metropolitan Police, he has persuaded kidnappers to free victims and coaxed the despondent out of jumping off bridges.

9.   A New York City police SWAT team was also on the scene, along with a team of hostage negotiators.

10.   A tactical team and hostage negotiators arrived and tried, unavailingly, to talk to Quade.