passenger turning to her and her colleague, nigel brennan, with a stern warning. >> he said to me, your head, your head alone is worth half 1 million dollars in mogadishu. the careful. >> as amanda left the airport, the capital city was chaotic. back home, amanda's mother, the linda, worried about her daughter. >> i just made sure every time i talked to her that i told her i loved her. >> amanda managed to tamp down her nervousness and got to work. on her third day in somalia, she was in a car with a nigel, chasing a story. >> the vehicle started to slow down and i looked up. about a dozen armed men were emerging from where they had been hidden. all of them with ak-47s. next thing i knew, my door was pulled open and i found myself lying feast out in the dirt, spread eagle with a gun held in the back of my head. >> terrifying. >> i asked, is this about money?