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It's just past midnight on January 29th, 2011, and a crowded jail north of Cairo.

Political prisoners fill the jail cells, detained during recent protests against

President Hosni Mubarak's tyrannical regime, but at this late hour hardly a sound can be heard

within the prison. Among the jail's sleeping

inmates is Muhammad Morsi a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood

an organization deeply involved in the uprising against Mubarak.

Lying inside a bare cell, the 60-year-old Morsi has fallen into an uneasy slumber.

But a distant disturbance soon awakes him.

Morsi hastily puts on his glasses and presses his ear against the cold cell wall,

straining to hear the growing cacophony of voices.

As the muffled voices become clearer, Morrissey finally understands what's happening.

Some of the inmates are attempting to break free and the prison guards are struggling

to contain the commotion.

Just as Morsi comes to this realization,

accurate fumes of tear gas invade his cell.

Gasping for breath, Morsi raises clenched fists and pounds on the cell door his voice

echoing hoarsely as he desperately cries out for him.

Morrissey's calls are soon answered and he is one of the thousands of prisoners freed by a group of armed inmates.

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