Chris Voss

I was slated to go to the SWAT team in the police department just before I left.

I was slated to go to the SWAT team in the police department just before I left.

If the Bureau would have delayed by three weeks hiring me, I'd have stayed with the PD because I was two weeks away from going to the SWAT team.

If the Bureau would have delayed by three weeks hiring me, I'd have stayed with the PD because I was two weeks away from going to the SWAT team.

Got on the SWAT team in Pittsburgh and

Got on the SWAT team in Pittsburgh and

I remember an exercise we did, you know, it was this supposed bad guy takeover of a nuclear facility.

I remember an exercise we did, you know, it was this supposed bad guy takeover of a nuclear facility.

We got negotiators inside.

We got negotiators inside.

And I can remember being on the outside on a SWAT, knowing that we had somebody in there that was supposedly a negotiator.

And I can remember being on the outside on a SWAT, knowing that we had somebody in there that was supposedly a negotiator.

And just like, oh, okay, somebody's talking to him on the phone.

And just like, oh, okay, somebody's talking to him on the phone.

That's a negotiator.

That's a negotiator.

You know what tells that guy, though?

You know what tells that guy, though?

His job is to buy us time as we get ready to assault.

His job is to buy us time as we get ready to assault.