i. conol. there are phases where thefree smugglers live in raqqa. we have smugglers who cross the border, and we have another group that brings the hostages here. >> sara is among those who were freed with his help. her own attempts to escape failed again and again. when she tried to flee for the third time, her captor took what wamost dear to her -- he poisoned her children. the i.s. militants then displayed the bodies of her three dead children on a big screen. >> i cried and said, "you have enslaved us, you have taken away our husbands, why murder our children?" and he said, "they are children of kuffar, the unbelievers." my daughter was five, my son a year and seven months, and the youngest wasn't even 40 days old. >> abdullah has so far rescued 312 women. every mission is extremely dangerous, both for the smugglers and the hostages. the tiniest mistake can be deadly. four of his men have been murdered, two are currently missing. but he has no plans to stop. >> it's dangerous, but i'm not afraid anymore. we have passed the phase of being afraid.