from his out-of-town meeting when he got the news. >> it was approximately 50 miles from limon when i got a phone call from pam and she says, don't worry, it's me. they're flying me to denver. still gets to me. the "what if" is he missed her jugular by one-eighth of an inch. if he would have cut that jugular vein, within two minutes, she would have been dead. >> kahanic's attacker, inmate alan thomas, was convicted of attempted second-degree murder. he received a 24-year sentence on top of the life sentence he was already serving and was transferred to another state prison. at the time of the attack, travis trani was the associate warden, but just months away from assuming the leadership of the prison.