Inmates in several other barracks join the movement. PHAT AND HIS WIFE, Thinh Phi, tried carving out a life in Vietnam in 1985 but eventually moved to Garden Grove, where she runs a dry cleaning business. If thousands fall, millions will rise up. Within seconds, the inmates strike. They swing firewood stolen from the kitchen.
Screams echo off the barrack walls.
Guards rush through the prison yard. Suddenly, an informant manages to open a door. Bloody, he makes a run for it. Two inmates give chase. Guards grab the rebels and surround Barrack No. 7.