She survived a harrowing ordeal in one of the most dangerous places on earth. Tonight they have brought me out to kill me. Then from across the world, her kidnappers found her again. He reached out on facebook. Did your heart stop . It was scary that he could find me. For the first time, she shares her dramatic story. How she helped secret agents hunt down her captor. This all plays like a tom clancy thriller. Absolutely. The setting. A perfect island paradise. The plot, a daring undercover sting. You are supposed to get wet today give you . They didnt think it would work. Face to face with her kidnapper at last. I just broke down. Its so hard for you. This is real, lifelike pain. Which you get justice . I fought the courage in that moment. And i said im ready. Hello and welcome to dateline. Amanda was a fearless Young Journalist ready to brave the world and dangerous hotspots. Then suddenly, she became the story. Kidnapped by rebels in somalia. What she endured at the hands of her cap
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correct. is it trying to get in touch with adam? yes. that s where this man comes in. he s a canadian investigator who we ve agreed to refer to by his cover name, a key. right off the top i just want to acknowledge were hiding your identity. we ve changed your look. yes. that s because you re an undercover agent? correct. ak reached out to adam, first by phone. the undercover agent told him he was a media consultant for amanda s family. amanda didn t know about ak or what he was doing. all she knew was that adam s facebook messages had turned to some kind of investigation. i didn t really know what was going on. i knew that there was the hope to catch this guy. ak and adam commuted on and off for years. it was slow work, but ak new pushing to hardwood crater the operation. and patience paid off. one day, i received an email from him which is a scanned copy of 16 letters. they looked like letters but they were actually pages ripped
your identity. we ve changed your look. yes. that s because you re an undercover agent? correct. ak reached out to adam, first by phone. the undercover agent told him he was a media consultant for amanda s family. amanda didn t know about ak or what he was doing. all she knew was that adam s facebook messages had turned to some kind of investigation. i didn t really know what was going on. i knew that there was the hope to catch this guy. ak and adam commuted on and off for years. it was slow work, but ak new pushing to hardwood crater the operation. and patience paid off. one day, i received an email from him which is a scanned copy of 16 letters. they looked like letters but they were actually pages ripped from amanda s journals. adam had originally asked for thousands of dollars for them. but now? i call him up and ask him about this and he says yes,
right off the top i just want to acknowledge, we re hiding your identity. we ve changed your look. yes. that s because you re an undercover agent. correct. a.k. reached out to adam first by phone. the undercover agent told him he was a media consultant for amanda s family. amanda didn t know about a.k. or what he was doing. all she knew was that adam s facebook messages had triggered some kind of investigation. i didn t really know what was going on. i knew that there was the hope to catch this guy. a.k. and adam communicated on and off for years. it was slow work, but a.k. knew pushing too hard could crater the operation, and patience paid off. one day i received an email from him, which was scanned copies of 16 letters. they looked like letters, but they were actually pages ripped from amanda s journals. adam had originally asked for thousands of dollars for them. but now i called him up and asked him