wells didn't have a key, and he said the bomb's timer was ticking down. wells was on the ground, hands cuffed hundred his back and surrounded. police were guns drawn. tv news crews getting it all. >> how close can you zoom in with that? >> we're live. >> fbi agent jerry clark was just 20 feet from wells. the man people described as calm when he robbed the bank seemed increasingly anxious. >> he's pleading, can you get this thing off me? >> it's gonna go off. i'm not lying. >> no one dared approach. the standoff lasted 30 excruciating minutes, and then something happened. >> you hear a count down beep almost like a bond movie. >> very faintly, a beep, beep, beep, a digital count down timer. >> lamont king heard the beeping too. he grabbed a pair of binoculars and zoomed in on wells. >> i'm listening to him, and i