Captive Page #5

joining us now, reporting live

from Bridgewater Apartments.

The manhunt during the last 24 hours

has kept the people of Atlanta in fear

from a killer with no conscience.

He's shooting, take cover!

- What's going on?

- Okay, ma'am, I need you to stay back.

Brian Nichols!

Put down your weapon

and come out of there

with your hands in the air.

Repeat, come out of there

with your hands in the air!

OFFICER:
All rifles, maintain positions!

(RETCHES)

JOHN:
Brian Nichols.

Time to end this.

Come out, and give yourself up.

You're completely surrounded,

no way of winning.

No need to prolong this situation.

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

Go get that Smith woman.

Maybe she could talk him out.

(DIALING)

(LINE RINGING)

LYNN:
Sorry I can't come

to the phone right now.

Leave a message.

I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Lynn.

It's Brian.

I wanted to leave a message

for my little boy.

For Christopher.

Please don't erase it.

Please let him...

Let him listen to it,

when he's old enough.

Christopher, it's your daddy.

You're gonna hear some

bad things about me.

But, whatever happens,

whatever people say,

I just want you to know...

I love you.

Goodbye, little man.

What do you want me to say?

JOHN:
Just say whatever

you think is best.

We don't wanna have

to go in there after him.

Brian.

It's Ashley.

I came back.

It's not too late, Brian.

Brian!

There is purpose in your life.

It's time.

Do the right thing, Brian.

Thank you for trying.

Get her to a safe place.

Officer.

Okay, Brian, it's over.

Last chance!

You got exactly 30 seconds!

OFFICER 1:
He's coming out!

Hands in the air! Keep it up in the air!

OFFICER 2:
Do you see him?

OFFICER 3:
Affirmative.

OFFICER 1:
Request permission to fire.

Stand down!

OFFICER 2:
Nowhere to go, pal!

OFFICER 1:
Show your hands!

OFFICER 3:
Go, move!

OFFICER 1:
Go, let's go!

Move it, move it!

- In position, right side!

- Faster, come on!

No civilians behind the building!

- He's coming out!

- I don't have a visual!

OFFICER 1:
Come closer, keep walking!

OFFICER 3:
Keep walking!

- Get on your knees!

- Get on your knees!

Get on your knees! Get on your knees!

On your knees, on your knees!

Hands behind your head!

Let's go!

Get on the ground, now!

Don't move!

OFFICER 1:
Stay down!

OFFICER 3:
Eyes down!

Stay down!

- Get him up, get him up!

- He's clean.

MAN:
Team leaders,

let's have them check in.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(SIRENS WAILING)

Ms. Smith...

I don't know what

you went through in there, ma'am.

But whatever you did,

thank you.

I'm sorry, ma'am, but you can't go in.

Mommy!

Paige!

Ashley!

I love you so much!

Darling, are you okay?

I am now.

You came.

Of course we came.

I'm sorry I wasn't there this morning.

But from now on, I will be, okay?

Just you and me.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Oh, thank God.

I was very nervous. I was scared.

What have you just done?

You have just offered

the thing that has ruined your life

and made you crazy to a killer.

- You're dead now.

- OPRAH:
Mmm-hmm.

OPRAH:
Yeah, when I read that,

I thought, well...

- Jesus loves you, girl.

- (ASHLEY LAUGHS)

Jesus be looking at you.

Because, to offer crystal meth

to a killer is pretty...

I thought, I would rather die

in this apartment tonight,

not doing those drugs.

I don't care what happens to me

as long as I make it out of here alive

to see my daughter.

Were you at that point thinking,

"I might be able to live.

I think I can live"?

I was trying to have some hope, yeah.

He's here, and he wants

to meet you in person.

ASHLEY:
No way.

Please welcome the author

of The Purpose Driven Life,

Rick Warren.

(APPLAUSE)

Oprah, there are two great stories

in Ashley's life.

One of them is,

you don't have to be perfect

to be used by God.

OPRAH:
Yeah.

WARREN:
If God only

used perfect people,

nothing would get done,

because none of us are perfect.

I think the other thing is that

no matter how bad your problems are,

God's purpose is bigger.

I think it was Ashley's attitude

from the whole book

that actually made the difference,

in that, everybody's looking for hope.

OPRAH:
Yeah.

The book's just a book about hope.

Because when people

are going through a crisis,

they're looking for hope.

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