Anna Trudaine's story

"When I checked my watch it had taken a minute and a half from the bottom of the fire escape to get clear. Allowing say thirty seconds to get out through the window, as long again to get down the fire escape at speed and an extra five seconds to close the window behind me first - well that's plenty of time to get away."

Edwin Bermonsby's story

"I don't know whether the Minister really didn't understand what I meant to do or not. Turning the terrorist is of so much more value to us than just locking them up. Letting resentment build until it finally explodes, well that's no strategy at all. It's a bit of a joke."

John Adamson's story

"Front line incidents leave me cold. Had my fill of tricky operational work. Made sure Control passed this one on. No point rushing in - let the dust settle first then we can see what we're dealing with."

Roland Bunt's story

"I pulled in all the incident reports but bugger them I wanted to get the bastard. Armed response approved, now it would only take one slip and we'd have him."