00:00paul conroy wakes up inside a wooden coffin with only a zippo lighter to illuminate its interior he removes a cloth in his mouth screams for help and uses an exposed nail to unbind his hands he tries to push the lid of the coffin open but he unfortunately fails moments later a phone by his feet vibrates which startles him
00:19upon checking the phone he notices that its language is foreign and sees he's missed a missed call from an unregistered number he checks his wallet for the safety number they were provided but his wallet was emptied by his abductors he calls nine one one informs the operator about his situation and begs her for help
00:36the operator tells him that he called nine one one emergency in youngstown ohio but if he wants she can transfer him to the sheriff's department frustrated paul hangs up with three bars left on the battery of his phone paul calls his home
00:48but he's directed to voicemail he leaves a message for his wife linda asking her to contact the national guard or the pentagon right away to inform them that they were attacked in the diala province in bakuba and begs her to help them find him he calls linda's phone but he's still directed to voicemail frustrated he tells her to call him at the number he's using he calls four one one asked to be connected to the fbi in chicago and writes the number given to him or the lid of the coffin pressing one he gets connected to special agent harris
01:17at the chicago field office paul introduces himself and informs harris that before he blacked out their convoy was delivering kitchen supplies to a community center he remembers an ied going off blowing one of the trucks and then a group comes out and shoots at everyone when harris asks for his social security number paul loses signal and the call gets disconnected once paul regains signal he calls creston roland and thomas the company he works for he introduces himself and informs them of his situation
01:47he tells her that his abductors took it she transfers his call to alan davenport the director of personnel but he's directed to voicemail paul leaves davenport a message and throws a fit when the call disconnects as tears fall down his cheeks he remembers the unknown number that caught his phone he calls the number only to find out that it's his abductor and paul pleads with him to let him go with his thick foreign accent the abductor demands five million dollars in exchange for paul's freedom
02:17paul calls donna mitchell and tells her that he needs to speak with linda he later asks her to look up the state department number for him donna however takes the urgency in paul's voice as yelling which angers her causing her to hang up
02:47to rebecca browning who calms the frustrated paul hearing her address him as mr conwery he asks how she knows his name and she says a representative of crt called about him paul informs her that the abductors won five million dollars by nine p.m. she tells him that they won't pay the ransom as the policy of the united states government is not to negotiate with terrorists this infuriates paul and he reminds her that his life is on the line she then asks for his phone number as it's listed as unavailable she tells him to refrain from contacting the news as it may complicate the situation then connects him to dan
03:17brenner the commander of the hostage working group in iraq after paul writes his number down when brenner picks up he immediately assures paul that they're already making efforts to rescue him he instructs paul to save his phone battery so they can trace him through his signal and to look for anything that can further help the rescue the abductor calls again and reminds paul that he has two hours and four minutes left paul informs him that the embassy won't pay and once again begs him to let him go unmoved by his plea the abductors tell paul that there is a note by his feet and instructs him to make a ransom video
03:46for studying the script written on the paper he says he'll only let paul go once they get the money when paul says nobody's going to pay five million dollars for him the abductors tell him one million will do upon checking the pouch by his feet he finds two glow sticks a flashlight a knife and a piece of paper that contains the script of what he's going to say in the ransom video with two bars left on his phone battery paul calls brenner and gives him the abductors number which brenner recognizes as a huge help brenner then informs paul that they are having trouble tracking his phone when paul tells him about the ransom video brenner tells paul to
04:16delay it as much as possible as they're avoiding getting the attention of the media frustrated and upset paul accuses him of not genuinely caring brenner tells him that the abductors are not terrorists but desperate criminals who want to provide for their family although they were not successful in rescuing a lot of the abductees they were able to rescue mark white a 26 year old med student from new hampshire who was abducted three weeks prior he comforts paul and assures him that they'll find him too the abductor calls paul again urging him to make the video
04:46to make the video of the abductor calls him to make the abductor calls him to make the abductor calls him to make his mother but she barely remembers him he tells her that it might be the last time he'll talk to her and tearfully tells her he loves her upon receiving a photo of his colleague pamela with a gun to her head he immediately calls his abductor and begs him not to kill her as she's a mother of two with pamela's safety in mind the frightened paul immediately complies with recording the ransom video frozen in fear paul finds a snake in his coffin which he later successfully drives away using alcohol and fire
05:16a bigger fire paul successfully turns the phone's language to english and finds out the number of the phone he writes it down and relays this information to linda with only one bar left on his phone battery he receives a video of pamela to paul's horror as soon as she finishes saying that her captor's request has gone unanswered one of her captors shoots her brenner gets upset at paul for making the ransom video which is now circulating everywhere paul tells brenner why he did it and informs him that he found out what his phone number is he also informs brenner that he's near a mosque since he's heard a call to prayer in the middle of their conversation
05:46paul hears a distant explosion that damages his coffin causing the sand to slowly penetrate as he struggles to manage the sand filling his coffin he receives a call from davenport who after hearing about the situation switches on a recorder and starts interviewing him after a couple of questions regarding his employment contract and establishing that he was made aware of the dangers of this job davenport informs paul that hours before his abduction his employment with crt was officially terminated due to his relationship with a fellow crt employee pamela luddy which is against company policy paul denies the allegation
06:16saying they're just friends but davenport insists because his termination came before his abduction crt cannot be held accountable for his situation when he asks about the insurance money saying his family needs it davenport informs him that he couldn't get it since he is alive until the time of termination with 30 minutes left until the ransom deadline his coffin cracked open causing the sand to fill the coffin at a faster rate paul initially panics but stops moving and just lets the sand fall through his hand as he stares at it seemingly losing hope paul tells brenner that it's weird knowing what's coming from the
06:46for him recognizing defeat in paul's voice brenner tells him he wishes that this could have gone differently and paul says he wishes the same paul records a video as his last will and testament in the video he leaves his wife the seven hundred dollars in his savings and whatever's left in his annuity he leaves his clothes to his son shane as he has nothing in his name he apologizes to shane for not having much but assures him that he could have a better fate he asks his son to take good care of his mother when he gets older and to always try to do the right thing
07:16paul calls again and demands that paul record a video of himself cutting off one of his fingers to force the authorities to pay with his driver's license the abductor recites his home address and threatens him that it's either him or his family paul calls linda and warns her not to go home with his family safety in mind he complies surely after filming the video he hallucinates getting rescued brenner calls and informs paul that he and his team have obtained a location for his burial site and are on their way to rescue him paul hangs up to answer linda's call
07:46paul apologizes to linda expressing his regret for accepting the job despite her disapproval linda tells him that all she wants is for him to come home to her which he promises that he will tearfully they say their i love you's and paul hangs up to answer brenner's call brenner informs paul that he and the rescue team have arrived at his burial site relieved but at the same time anxious paul begs them to harry through the phone paul hears the team digging but is confused about why he couldn't hear the digging from where he is paul and brenner continue to communicate on the phone until
08:16brenner falls silent and apologizes to paul he informs paul that the coffin they dug up open belongs to mark white
08:22the medical student brenner claimed he had rescued with only seconds left the sand fills his coffin paul falls
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