Reverend Albert / Lois

Nonfiction • TV-14 • Directed by: I Survived • 45 minutes

Just 1.5 miles from shore Rev. Albert struggles to save his family and eventually himself after their aluminium dinghy flips over throwing them all into the unforgiving waters of Lake Sabine. The Reverend's immediate concern is for his wife Carolyn who is unable to swim. His fears are realised as Carolyn is the first succumb to hypothermia and drown. In the following 13 hours a heart wrenching drama unfolds that sees his two son in laws also drown and tests the Rev. Albert and his two surviving daughters physical and mental stamina as the elements conspire to overwhelm them.As a prison officer Lois's job comes with a high degree of risk. But nothing could have prepared her for the day she and a young officer were held hostage in the watchtower of the Arizona State Prison by two convicted and dangerous criminals. The men waste no time establishing their hold on the pair smashing a metal paddle in the younger guard's face fracturing his eye socket before handcuffing the terrified guards together. For just over two weeks Lois is used as collateral by the increasingly irrational men as they attempt to secure their exit from the gaol. During that time Lois watches helplessly as the young guard falls in and out of consciousness as she is raped repeatedly by her abductors. While her tormentors hold the physical advantage, Lois retains an inner strength and even in her deepest moments of despair, never stops believing that she will survive and be reunited with her daughter.