Finally Adam News Today

New spoilers for ITV Corrie reveal a devastating turn of events for Roy as a family on the cobbles gets bad news.

>> canadian officials suspected this was a kidnapping. they scrambled to set up a recording system. they told lorinda amanda was likely taken by islamic rebels. >> the phone kept ringing. it was the kidnappers. >> they had amanda and her friend nigel. the ransom, $1.5 million for each of them. the negotiators told lorinda, as hard as it would be, every time she answered the phone she had to stay calm. >> the next morning right before noon, actually, my cell phone rang. and it was adam, who was n...

Off to the more dangerous group. >> they marched me outside and had me sit down on the cement and produced a small saw and began sawing through the chains that had been on my ankles for ten months. >> nigel and amanda were thrown into the back seat of a car and driven into the dark somali night. the car stopped and they were forced into yet another car. >> were both crying. were both certain that this is our new group. and then that car drives for five minutes, and it stops. and then about 40 me...

The families continued to hold those secret fund-raisers. finally adam, the leader of the kidnappers said theyd accept $680,000 for both amanda and nigel. >> he phoned me and said the gang has agreed. oh, my god, i think i started screaming. i said yes. and i was thanking him. >> lorinda and nigels family flew to kenya, next door to somalia, to coordinate the release. the private security company sent three former special forces operatives into mogadishu with bags full of cash. >> three days lat...

>> well, i knew i couldnt. i couldnt. because if i did, who would she have? >> canadian officials suspected this was a kidnapping. they scrambled to set up a recording system. they told lorinda amanda was likely taken by islamic rebels. >> the phone kept ringing. it was the kidnappers. >> they had amanda and her friend nigel. the ransom, $1.5 million for each of them. the negotiators told lorinda, as hard as it would be, every time she answered the phone she had to stay calm. >> the next morning...

Forced into yet another car. >> were both crying. were both certain that this is our new group. and then that car drives for five minutes, and it stops. and then about 40 men with guns surround this car that were in. and i think this is it. >> what they couldnt know was what had been engineered back in canada. for more than a year, amandas mother had negotiated the ransom. the families continued to hold those secret fund-raisers. finally adam, the leader of the kidnappers said theyd accept $680,...

>> the ransom, 1.5 million for each of them. every time she answered the phone she had to stay calm. >> the next morning right before noon, actually, my cell phone rang. and it was adam, who was negotiator for the kidnappers. >> hello. >> hello. >> when he called on day four, he had a surprise for la rin da. >> okay, la rin da. >> yes. >> talk to your daughter. >> amanda? >> mom? >> amanda? i love you sweetheart. p. >> that call was the first proof that amanda was still alive. la rin da being co...