THE silence of the usually quiet mountainside community of Cedar Hill Private Road, off Third Street, Maraval was shattered by gunshots on September 7 as police executed a daring daylight rescue mission for kidnap victim Daniel Kawall.

Kawall, a 59-year-old Caribbean Airlines (CAL) pilot from Palm Road, Valsayn, was last seen at around 5 pm on September 3, speaking with relatives.

Subsequent calls to his phone went straight to voicemail and his Toyota Hilux was seen later that day near Hololo Road in Cascade.