happened and my teacher, he walked into the classroom. he locked the door and he told us to call 911 then we heard the rest of the gun shots go off. more screams. i was on the phone with 911. i didn t even really speak with them. i just said oxford high school, shooter, because i couldn t talk. he was right outside my classroom. i had to be quiet. we were there. just waiting. hoping we would be okay. we know from the sheriff s office that more than 100 calls came in from the school about the shooting and you say the shooter was just outside your classroom. how close were those screams you heard? do you know? less than 20 feet. within 20 feet. tell us about what was happening inside the classroom as you were waiting there. we all got in the corner least visible from the door. there was crying. people were texting their families letting them know they
with the u.s. government and they knew if they stayed in kabul their lives would be in danger. he was getting text messages from his friends who were also trying to escape. it s like horror movies. he says the taliban are like zombies. what were you thinking watching this? i thought i can t get out of kabul. he was on his own with visa in days trying to get them past the taliban with no help from the americans, he says. the taliban was behaving very bad. most of them were beating people. reporter: but his father the last thing, i couldn t talk for him. reporter: you didn t make it to say good-bye?
the straps back on my arms. so it was just constant. you know, one of the things we have heard about bowe bergdahl, his father is the one who said his son is struggling to speak english after the five years. and again, the reports that he was really only speaking in pashto when he was rescued. you were rarely allowed to speak. can you understand what happened, that he may have only been speaking pashto? no. i saw that. it sort of surprised me. in my case, i wasn t allowed to talk. the gang had told me and the other hostages that were taken with me not to speak or they would kill us. and so my vocal cords sort of like a muscle i guess. and when i was released, i couldn t talk. but that was a physical thing. not that i didn t know english. i knew english just fine. it was just my vocal cords were giving me a problem for a few weeks. one thing that we also heard
reporter: for sarah, this presentation isn t about convincing her board. as the boss she wants to inspire them. she wants them to share her vision for my wardrobe. the investors are pretty sort of powerful group of people. so, you know, you have to sort of stand up in front of people who may not necessarily understand the sector so you need to sell the business, sell the story, get them excited and get them to see the passion and feel it and want to be part of it. reporter: sarah backed first round of investment for her company in 2007. that, too, was nerve wracking. i remember my throat sort of i started to speak, scratchy, closing, closing, closing up. at one point i had to shout out, water. because i couldn t talk. reporter: not only does she have to face potential investors she had to beat the competition. one investor was convinced right from the start. to me it seemed like a