Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pran anopiwa basa rokutarisira mutungamiriri werimwe jeri, mumwe murume anonzi Phat, uye anonyanya kutarisirwa kutarisira mwanakomana muduku waPhat. Pran anopfuurira kuzvibata somurimi asina kudzidza, pasinei zvapo nenhamburiko dzakawanda dzaPhat dzokumubata mukunyengera kwake. Phat anotanga kuvimba naPran uye anomukumbira kuti atarisire mwanakomana wake kana akaurayiwa. Mukati mehondo yemuganhu yeKhmer Rouge neVietnam
Pran anowana kuti mwanakomana waPhat ane mari yokuAmerica uye mepu inotungamirira kunzvimbo yakachengeteka. Apo Phat anoedza kudzivisa vakuru vakuru vechiduku veKhmer Rouge kuuraya vamwe vake vanoverengeka, anopfurwa nenzira inonyadzisa. Mukunyonganiswa, Pran anotiza nevamwe vasungwa vana uye vanotanga rwendo rurefu nomudondo nemwanakomana waPhat. Boka racho gare gare rinoparadzana uye vatatu vavo vanoenda nenzira dzakasiyana; Pran anopfuurira kutevera mepu nomurume wechina. Zvisinei, shamwari yaPran inoisa chimbambaira chakavanzwa ichibata mukomana wacho. Sezvo Pran anokumbira murume wacho kuti amupe mukomana wacho, mugodhi wacho unoputika, uchiuraya vaviri vacho. Pran anopfuurira achipfuura nomusango ari oga kusvikira azopedzisira awana musasa weRed Cross pedyo nomuganhu weThailand. MuUnited States, Schanberg anogamuchira mashoko okuti Pran mupenyu uye akachengeteka, uye anoenda kumusasa weRed Cross uye anosanganazve naPran. Anokumbira Pran kuti amukanganwire; Pran anopindura, achinyemwerera, "Hapana chokukanganwira, Sydney", sezvo vaviri vacho vanombundirana.