there in amanda's hand? here again is kate snow. >> amanda and nigel had been in captivity for five months but it wasn't until she was taken to the desert, a knife held to her throat that she actually believed she was going to die in somalia. the kidnappers had given an ultimatum, your family pays up in a week or you'll be killed. >> as the day grew closer, and then came and went, i realized that it's possible that that was a fear tactic, but more importantly i just could not continue to let myself live in that dark place in my mind. i had to become stronger. >> amanda and nigel in separate rooms each with a window had discovered if they stood in just the right spots they could hear each other. they began talking about getting out. >> nigel had done some investigating in the bathroom and realized that we might have a chance to escape out that bathroom window. which at first seemed like an