soldiers, you speak arabic, you hear one of them say, shoot them. >> that's right. we were put on our knees first and there was a lot of slapping and emptying of our pockets. and one of the soldiers was yelling at me, you're the translator, you're the spy. and soon after that, they forced us on our stomachs. i think we all had that sinking feeling that this is it. i remember looking up, i remember him being a tall soldier and him saying, shoot them. it felt like a lot of time, but it was probably a matter of seconds. another soldier said to them, you can't, they're americans. >> i want to read something that you wrote about that moment. you said, at that moment, though none of us thought we were going to live, steve tried to keep eye contact until they pulled the trigger. the rest of us felt the powerlessness of resignation. you feel empty when you know that it's almost over. explain that, what do you mean? >> i don't know how my colleagues felt, but it wasn't panic, necessarily. it wasn't that desperation or flailing about that you're about