From a Cry for Help to Freedom: How One Email Sparked a Life-Saving Rescue It began with a single email. A Vietnamese man, trapped in a remote scam compound in Myanmar, managed to send a desperate message to Hagar’s general email inbox in the U.S. His plea for help, which contained his pinned location, set off a chain of rapid, coordinated action that would ultimately lead to his freedom—and that of nearly 2,000 others. Upon receiving the email, Hagar’s U.S.