i understand. their stories are intertwined with. amanda my head was pulled back and there was a serrated knife. and her mother. lorinda stewart. did you keep it together? i did. i had to be strong for her. driven by strength, courage and endurance, these women would not only survive this ordeal, but their determination in a completely new chapter of their story would ultimately lead them to triumph over one of the man who had terrorized than so brutally and it would take an elaborate international sting. it sounds like something out of the movie we does. we always refer to this operation as the hail mary plan. but before all of that, this story begins in a small town in western canada, where a young woman named amanda learned for a world beyond her hometown. one constant was that i
it was excellent. he is actually confessing his crimes to you? yes. so after the three months, then, you, but, as far as i understand, it from what lorinda had told me, you are the person on the phone? yes. i m working. right. you are supposed to get some money? yes. do you know how much? no, i do not know, but i was expecting more than what they give me. what did they give you? $10,000. and after that meeting, you walk out? yes. we signed the contract, everybody is very happy. we were walking out, i told him we were going for a tour of ottawa. but that did not happen. you were both arrested? you are arrested as, well because you were still undercover? uniformed police handcuffed both of us. adam must have totally been shocked? yes, you could see his face, he was clearly thrown by this. and i had to play up, get your hands off my client, what are you doing here? this is ridiculous! they handcuffed us both, let us
her colleague, nigel. they were taken out of their room and marched outside. there he was, the man known as adam. we were terrified. i had a small video camera and he was brought out and we were told to beg for our lives. september 17th, 2008. lorinda turned on the tv in canada and saw this a hostage video on all josie era. she was crushed. it was the first time she d seen amanda and she didn t look good. how are you feeling as you watched it? i just want to bring her home. i never let her go. weeks turned two months. and then their captors separated amanda and nigel. why was that so important? that day and the days that followed were among the very, very worst, because suddenly,
amanda, your free. amanda s mother, lorinda, had never stopped negotiating and adam had agreed to accept $680,000 for both amanda and nigel. the captives flew out of somalia and landed in nairobi, kenya. they were whisked away to a hospital. mother and daughter finally reunited. i barely recognized her. it was relief. it was joy. and it was heart, her take. to see her like that. i would not be here now if it was not for my mother. she gave me life and she saved my life. amanda lindhout was finally safe. back with her family. but adam, the one who tormented them so much, was it finished with them yet. a single word from him would bring it all back. coming up
okay, my name is adam, and i am from mogadishu. but her mom lorinda spent three days in court listening to the phone calls that would prove crucial to the case. i am not lying to you. you do not want amanda to be home. because if you want, you should pay the money. again, you had to relive it? yes. it was empowering, the truth was being told. and there was a small part of me that actually felt sorry for him. compassion for him? adam s defense was that he, himself had been taken hostage. and they had threatened him. in the end, his defense did not work. the man known as adam was found guilty of kidnapping. for his crimes, he was sentenced to 15 years in a canadian prison. victory for amanda lindhout.