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Line. hed seen a report amanda had been kidnapped. amandas father called her mother in a panic. >> you still remember johns voice on the phone? >> yeah. yeah. he was just in a complete panic and saying i dont know what to do. >> you must have felt so helpless. >> i felt like we were so far apart. and we didnt know where our daughter was. >> la rin da was still in shock when she arrived at her ex-husbands house. she was desperate to figure out what to do next. >> i just knew from the minute i wal...

Security team, the people they hired to protect their lives. those first few days they moved around somalia with ees. >> i feel like i kind of settled into the mogadishu experience. >> back at home, la rin da was worried about her daughter. >> i just made sure every time i talked to her i told her i loved her. i couldnt say it enough. >> amanda tamped down and looked for stories. thats what she was doing in the car with nigel on the day that would change their lives. >> as youre going down the r...

Million. >> oh, my god. >> and -- >> oh, mom. >> amanda begged her captors to understand that the ransom might never be paid. >> my family is trying to make money. i come from a poor family. >> hello? >> then the call disconnected. >> did you have that kind of money? >> no. i was a single mom, raising, you know, raising my children. and her dad certainly wasnt in, you know, in a position to pay that kind of money. >> by then, canadian officials had routed la rin das phone to an operations center...

>> 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...

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