Chris Sparling

Trapped inside a coffin buried underground, Paul recounts the chaotic and violent ambush on his convoy in Iraq to a contact on a cell phone. He describes the trauma of witnessing his friends' deaths and the moment he was knocked unconscious before being taken captive.

Paul Conroy, an American truck driver in Iraq, wakes up buried alive in a wooden coffin with only a lighter and a cell phone. In a state of extreme panic and physical distress, he manages to reach a 911 operator in Ohio, only to realize the bureaucratic and geographical impossibility of receiving immediate help from them.

Trapped in a coffin in Iraq, Paul Conroy receives a call from his employer's personnel director, Alan Davenport. Instead of offering help, Alan cold-bloodedly informs Paul that he has been fired for a contract violation to ensure the company avoids paying out his life insurance to his family.

Paul Conroy, a civilian contractor buried alive in a coffin, desperately pleads for help from a government official. The tension escalates as he realizes that bureaucratic policy and the refusal to negotiate with terrorists may seal his fate.

Trapped inside a coffin underground, Paul records a final video message for his family as his oxygen and hope run out. He attempts to distribute his meager belongings while expressing deep regret for his perceived failures as a father and husband.

Trapped inside a coffin buried underground, Paul records a final video message for his family. He struggles to find the right words to say goodbye to his son and wife while grappling with his own sense of failure and mortality.

While buried alive in a coffin, Paul Conroy receives a phone call from his employer's personnel director. Instead of offering help, the director uses a recorded legal script to terminate Paul's employment retroactively, stripping him of insurance benefits for his family while he faces certain death.