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captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org this is 9news now. what would you do if you thought you were about to die? that is a terrifying question three men faced when a gunman held them hostage in silver spring. and tonight two of those victims share their stories right from the deadly incident back on september 1st. one of them, a friend and former colleague of our own andrea mccarren. reporter: a normal workday at discovery abruptly became a four-hour or deal. a gunman strapped with explosives took two employees and a security guard hostage and launched into a bizarre interrogation. who told you to have kids. no one, sir. oh, you just did it. you just did it. didn t nobody love you? you had to make somebody to love you? why two kids. one wasn t good enough. it was that moment that everyone talks about looking death straight in the face. reporter: the hostages didn t want to die. through a series of hand signals, they planned their es ....
through a series of hand signals, they planned their escape. and i noticed christopher was trying to get my attention. i looked over and he had his arms folded and he was putting three fingers down under his arm. i said run. he shook his head yes. i look over and he was almost ought the door and i had that realization of, oh, my god. so i got behind the pillar and i had to secure myself and a voice went off in my head like run. you can t stay here. he s going to come after you. reporter: the gunman was shot dead. the lives of two men forever changed. there is a reason i m alive. there is a reason i ran out that door. and that reason is to fight every day and make every day worth living. life is definitely a gift. i hug my kids a little tighter. i went home that night and they were in the bathtub and i picked them up. they were still wet. and i picked them up out of the tub and picked up my daughter and i was just holding her. she said, daddy, let me go. i said u ....