How long do you think it would take if you were in a panic state, after running to warn your neighbors of the kidnapping at gunpoint, to come back to your house, breathless, and pick up the phone and call 40 - 50 people? Or do they call one person, and that person calls the other person?
I would love to listen to the testemony of some of these 40 - 50 people about the phone call, and what was said. That is going to be interesting if it comes to trial.