Without sophisticated navigation equipment or sniffer dogs but carrying considerable firepower, the tense officers under the command of Omar Abdi Shurie relied on their instincts and tracking footprints to maneuver hostile and expansive terrain as they crossed into Somalia in a race against time to rescue a teacher abducted by terrorists. A sudden burst of gunfire signaled the do-or-die moment. In this second instalment of our exclusive three-part serialisation of Beyond the Call of Duty, Mr Shurie, a former police commander, reveals the untold story of a dramatic mission that could have easily gone wrong - but did not.