Pittssburgh real estate tycoon leans heavily, via political cronies, to make his brat-daughter's release top-priority, but Horst Cali refuses to 'appreciate' being owed a favor. So deputy chief Abrami plans to have Cali replaced, or at least suspended, by an FBI negotiator after the first apparent failure. Wolf actually agrees to release hostages on humanitarian grounds for favors, but refuses to include the youngest, computer whiz kid Robby Sabian, and threatens to execute someone unless electrical power, which Horst ordered cut as pressure, is restored within the hour. Giving in to save a life is considered unforgivable control abandon, Abrami's ideal excuse.
—KGF Vissers