way down to his stomach. gasping like a fish. it was extraordinarily loud. i started doing, you know, hash marks in my notebook. each time that he would make that sucking sound, he was gulping. he was gasping, he was struggling to breathe. >> i eventually counted 240 hash marks. went on and on. and i wondered is someone going to stop this execution. there were two lawyers sitting next to me, and i saw them get up and go out. >> one full hour into the execution, joseph wood was still alive. baish called for the execution to be halted. >> we immediately filed a motion with the federal district court asking the federal judge to stop the execution. >> they got an assistant attorney general on the phone. and he said, he's unconscious. he's not feeling any pain. the judge said, well, do you