Over 200 educators met in Hamden, Connecticut, for a conference on the subject of how to be good hostages. "In 40 years in education, I never thought I'd be hosting an education conference on this topic," said Timothy Doyle, director of the Connecticut Association of Schools' Center for Early Adolescent Educators. "It's a shame, but a fact of life." FBI agent Frank McCarthy admonished a roomful of teachers, "Don't be heroes."

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