Documentary filmed, possible movie in works, when Kona resident Ronald Cole helped lead country’s largest hostage rescue

Kona resident Ronald Cole, center was field commander at the largest hostage situation in U.S. history, as captured on television in 1991. Courtesy Photo

Ronald Cole stands with his Sacramento County Sheriff Department uniform and badges. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

KAILUA-KONA — Ronald Cole, 83, remembers details of that fateful day as if it just happened.