Shawn Ryan

When I was looking in the cupola window, the lights were on.

I thought the charge knocked out the lights and it was because it was pitch black.

What actually had happened, the snipers, the support guys had hit the generator and killed the lights.

I didn't know that till later.

They killed the lights in the prison, so it was pitch black.

I come around, door is long gone on the cupola.

I step in, there's no landing, Sean.

Here's the door.

The steps go right up to the door.

There's no landing like this where you step in and then go down the steps.

It goes right up the door.

Like, you know, out here, you guys got.

So I almost, by the grace of God, I don't know how I didn't trip because it's pitch black.

I'm walking into it, and by the grace of God, somehow I didn't trip.

Went down.

It was not long at all to get in, get situated, and then they were going to start lighting up Commodantia.

So they started lighting it up.

We're holding the stairwell.

Somebody, a PDF guy, a guard or whatever, poked his head around.

Gary Harrell was there.