. >>> it looked peaceful from aabove, as amanda lindhout and her friend nigel brennan descended intomalia in 2008. >> i get my first glimpse of somalia out the airplane window. just untouched paradise from the sky of the but as soon as our plane touched down and we got off i knew what many had told me about somalia was true. >> capital city seemed lawless. this was, after all, the city where 18 u.s. army rangers died in the battle for mogadishu depicted in the movie "black hawk down." it was more frenzied than any other place she'd been. >> it was very palpable in the airport. very chaotic environment. >> the pair went to their hotel and met their local staff and security team, the people they hired to protect their lives. those first few days they moved around somalia with ees. >> i feel like i kind of settled into the mogadishu experience. >> back at home, la rin da was worried about her daughter. >> i just made sure every time i talked to her i told her i loved her. i couldn't say it enough. >> amanda tamped down and looked for stories. that's what she was doing in the car with ni