A cryptic message from a man at a California bank was the beginning of a 15-hour hostage situation

By Maria Aguilar Prieto, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Freddy Arredondo was in line at Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California, Tuesday afternoon chatting with a greeter when a man came up to him. “It’s a bad day to be in the bank,” the man said. Thinking the man was making small talk, Arredondo responded: “No,