Early the next morning, Sean kneels in the Catholic church.A floor-level camera angle frames the colorful stained-glass windows at the end of the nave and above the altar.You""re about to get outta here.They""re gonna give you three hot meals a day.White sheets.Them pretty white nurses.They""ll give you blow jobs if you pay ""em enough! I heard all about them white bitches.Junior: Don""t baby-talk him, man! The cocksucker fell asleep! He let ""em walk right up on us.He never did s--t!Big Harold: Just shut-up, Junior.You relax, OK, man?Chris: Yeah.It""s not so bad.Dyin"".How long? How long? (Sounds of an approaching chopper)Gardner""s wounds were the most life-threatening, and Doc urged him to remain conscious as he pounded on his chest: "Come on, Gardner, hang in there.When you see her, you""ll understand better.Jeff: Maybe she""s just an impulsive girl?Whit: So we""ll let it go at that.Jeff: I can let it all go.Whit: Even $5,000 now, and 5 when you bring her back...and expenses.Jeff: Now that should have been the first thing you said.Whit: Find her Jeff.Bring her back.Jeff: Why me?Whit (admiring his brains and integrity): Well, I know a lot of smart guys and a few honest ones.Ann King (Geraldine Fitzgerald in her exceptional American film debut), the heroine""s best friend and confidential secretary, intercepts the call and scolds him for disturbing them at "this unholy hour of the morning.McClane confronted Mai Linh in the control room, and engaged in an extended martial-arts fight and life-and-death struggle with her ("That""s enough of this kung-fu shit") - he eventually killed her when she was trapped in a vehicle that crashed in a fireball down an elevator shaft, after he had eliminated the remainder of her henchmen.