Ransom Page #7

- Man, this is f***ing great.

Hey!

Come on!

Endeavor Airline CEO

Tom Mullen and his family...

are no strangers

to the public eye.

As head of the country's

fourth largest airline...

Tom Mullen, whose personal stake in the

company was reported earlier this year...

But nothing in his triumphant,

high-profile life...

could prepare Mullen for the drama

presently unfolding around him...

the taking of his nine-year-old son

by unidentified kidnappers.

- Where are you at now?

- I don't know.

Head up to Houston and Broadway.

- But for now, the city and

the country anxiously await word...

- You hear me?

Mullen?

- Change of plan.

- What?

Turn on your TV.

Channel 5. Keep watching.

It shouldn't be more

than an hour or two.

You understand

what I'm telling you?

Mullen, what the f***...

It's mine. Hello?

David, I need you

to contact Don Campbell at WNYW.

- All right.

- Good.

- Bob, can I talk to you, please?

- Sure.

David.

- All right, here we go.

- Okay, they're ready.

Pull out of it.

All right, everyone. Look alive.

Mr Mullen, we're gonna

get you set up right over here.

We'll get you wired up with a mike.

I will signal to you

from next to the camera.

Ready to go? On five, four...

three, two...

Good afternoon.

We are interrupting this programme

to bring you an exclusive report.

As you know, we've been

following the Mullen kidnapping

for about a day or so.

We will get back to

our regular programme, but right now

we're going to show you something...

that you will only see

right here...

Tom Mullen,

Sean Mullen's father.

Mr Mullen?

Tom, you're on.

The whole world now knows...

my son, Sean Mullen, was kidnapped...

for ransom three days ago.

This is a recent

photograph of him.

Sean, if you're watching,

we love you.

And this...

Well, this is what waits

for the man that took him.

This is your ransom.

Wait. Shh, shh.

I want to see this.

Two million dollars

in unmarked bills, just like you wanted.

- Oh-ho!

- But this is as close

as you'll ever get to it.

You'll never see one dollar

of this money...

because no ransom will ever

be paid for my son.

Not one dime. Not one penny.

Instead, I'm offering this money

as a reward on your head.

Dead or alive.

It doesn't matter.

So congratulations. You'vejust

become a $ 2 million lottery ticket.

Except the odds

are much, much better.

Do you know anyone that wouldn't

turn you in for $ 2 million?

I don't think you do.

I doubt it.

So wherever you go and whatever you do,

this money will be tracking you

down for all time.

And to ensure that it does,

to keep interest alive...

I'm running a full-page ad

in every major newspaper every Sunday...

for as long as it takes.

But... and this is

your last chance...

if you return my son

alive, uninjured...

I'll withdraw the bounty.

With any luck,

you can simply disappear.

Understand... you will never see

this money. Not one dollar.

So you still have a chance

to do the right thing.

If you don't, well, then God

be with you because nobody else

on this Earth will be.

Well, he's got nerve.

That's it.

Well, there you have it, Rosanna.

A shocking turn of events.

The ransom has turned

into a $ 2-million bounty.

Tony, it's obviously

a very dangerous situation.

Anything could happen. Of course,

we wish him the best of luck.

Did you notice he,

uh, described the kidnapper

as a $2 million lottery ticket?

- The stakes are high on this one.

- Yeah, as you mentioned also...

- Could you turn it off?

Could you turn it off?

- Mr Mullen also appealed to his son.

He said, "Sean, if you're

out there listening, I love you."

- It was very heartbreaking.

- Also, our producer is telling me, uh...

- Yeah.

- Mullen, you're a fool!

Stupid ass!

I'm proud of you!

A pair of armed bandits

held 'em up last night.

Police say a pair of gun-toting crooks

went into the Korean church

at Murray Street...

in Flushing last night

and announced a robbery.

- They took wallets, handbags...

- Hey, where'd they take the kid?

You know. The place we said.

I had to do this.

You had to do this?

You had to do this?

Kate, please.

I'm so scared, but I know if

I give him the money, he'll kill Sean.

- I would if I was him.

- What did you just say?

Just look at it

from his point of view.

You think you're smart.

You've got everybody off balance.

- You think you've

got it all figured out.

- You tryin' to screw me?

And then suddenly,

out of left field, the one thing

you thought would never happen does.

- We gotta end this.

- What are you doin'?

No ransom, no money, no profit.

Nothing. Nothing but downside.

Because you've got this boy's father...

he's coming on like a stark,

raving mad lunatic.

- You turned her around, didn't you?

- I mean, the guy can piss $2 million...

- but he's willing to risk everything

just to f*** you up.

- Don't!

How can you negotiate with

a lunatic like that, huh? You can't.

- Now you're off balance.

- Get down. Lay down!

You wanna stay down there forever,

maggot? Did I get my money?

Pretty soon you realize if you don't

return this kid in mint condition

as soon as possible...

you're gonna be the most hunted man

on the face of the Earth.

And this maniac will never,

ever quit until he's got you.

Nobody pulls out on me.

You know me.

This is my show.

I say when it's over.

- Take it back.

- No.

- Tell him that you were wrong.

- Kate, no, I can't. No, Kate,

there is no other way. None.

- Take it back.

- He's my son too,

and I want you to pay him.

- Kate. They will kill him.

Please, all we have

is each other.

Do you think any of them...

Do you think they give... It's just us.

Do you think I don't

want him back? Is that it?

You think I wouldn't do absolutely

everything in my power to get him back?

I'd cut my arm off.

I'd... I want him back so bad.

Katie, please. I don't think

I can take this if you're not with me.

Don't quit on me.

Tom. Now...

I think what you did was wrong.

You put your son at greater risk.

Now, I need you

to withdraw that reward.

Just pay this bastard.

Now, I believe that

you will get your son back.

And when we do,

we will nail this son of a b*tch.

Now, God forbid you don't...

your son...

I swear to you

I will work on nothing else.

If I have to, I will take

a leave of absence from the FBI...

and you can hire me as

your personal security consultant.

And I will work on this

as long as I am physically able.

- Lonnie, please. L...

- Tom.

I never told anybody,

any of my people...

about you and Jackie Brown, the real

truth of it, and maybe I never will.

You think I'm worried

about going to jail?

Mayor Barresi today voiced his

disapproval of Tom Mullen's decision.

- Donna Hanoverjoins us

later in the broadcast.

- You, uh, care for an update?

Oh, yeah.

Well, in the last two hours

since your husband's TV thing,

we've had 4,000 calls.

- And you know how

many real, good, solid leads?

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