followed were among the very, very worst because suddenly i'm alone with my own thoughts and my mind. >> amanda's mind ran wild. she feared she would be raped. one day a captor entered her room. it turns out your fears were justified? >> he did cross that line, and my worst fears were realized. and my whole experience in captivity really changed. >> somehow she held on and then one night amanda was jostled awake and driven out into the desert alone. what happened next was terrifying. >> they brought me over to a tree. they had me kneel. my head is pulled back, and then there was a serrated knife. >> the ruthless kidnappers told a desperate amanda she only had three minutes to plead for her life with her traumatized mother on the other end of the call.