Jack Lawrence

Arriving soon in Jalalabad where he says Al-Qaeda were anything but discreet about what it is they were up to.

To meet the Taliban, he did.

And as he sat down with the leader of the group, he was given a warning.

A warning that would later echo through his mind as he would sit in captivity, having been told this very thing could end up happening.

Before Sean's eventual kidnapping, there would be a number of times that he would in fact come close to death.

Death at the hands of these men, and it was only by sheer luck that he escaped with his life.

The documentary called Meeting the Taliban would be so well received by the public and TV bosses alike that it would in fact be suggested that he go back again.

However, this time, there were no warnings.

There were no pleasantries.

And there was no escape.

Next time, on What I Survived.

Flying is something most of us will do several times in our lives.

Sometimes it's a short domestic hop, other times a long haul journey across the world.

On any given day, roughly 100,000 commercial flights will take off and land globally.

And yet, for many people, stepping onto an aircraft is still an anxious experience.

There's a fear of flying itself, being sealed inside a metal tube, travelling at hundreds of kilometres an hour, 35,000 feet above the ground.

The knowledge that if something were to go wrong up there, you're completely reliant on the people in the cockpit.

Hello, Jack.

Mr Thexton, how are you, sir?

I'm very well.