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all these years. living in deplorable conditions. and now, her story can be told. plus, final journey. memories. and animal instincts. would you take a jaguafor a walk? we journey to an amazing game reserve where the wild animals really are wild and the's nothinbetween them and you. captions paid for by abc, inc. good eveningng, i'm cynthia itit's a reality no parent want to think about let alon face. the abduction of a child.
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800,000 children arereported missing every year and many o h astonishing kidnap cases ever in 1991, an 11-year-old gl is taken by two strangers. after an exhaustive search all hope was lost, but then the girl, now a woman, is found18 years after she was taken.'s wo nightmare. crystallized in a 911 call. >> 911. >> this is 911. >> my daughter was just kidnapped. a man or woman in the c >> 18 years ago, a -- dugard, was waiting to for the bus to go school. >> he basically pulled her in and i couldn't catch them.
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my energy was gone after i seen what happened. >> what followed was a massive search for jaycee. pink rip-- pink ribbons tiedar- >> she has blonde hair and blue eyes. she's 4.5 feet tall. >> pretty, young, innocent child. and you may like her. but we love her too. and it's time that she comes home to her family. her sister has been asking for her. and she needs to be with us. >> jaycee's mother terry and stepfather were devastated. >> somebody took somebody very near and dear to my heart from me and i want to know why. >> first tenyears my terry
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me and i want to know why. >> first tenyears my terry wouldn't celebrate christmases. psychologist, she had to let it go. so we have been kind of like been neutral the last eight or nine years. >> they kept searching, using age progression technology to see whatshe might look like older. but the trail went old. excuse me. >> jaycee's mother called carl probyn who had watched her daughter to be taken away to tell them the good news. >> she asked me if i'm sitting down and i said yeah. i've got good news, they have found jaycee. so there was a little bit of n.
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>> a family at last finding peace of mind. philip garrido k her. >> there was a strategic arrangement to inhibit outside viewing and to isolate the victims from outside contact. >> me and my friend we were walking down the street and we heardkids crying. >> everybody called them creepy. >> we met >> jaycee who is now 29 years old had two daughters with her captor, one 11, one 15. on tuesday, garrido was seen walking around u.c. berkeley with his two children, but he is a registered sex offender.
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he was called into if parole office --the parole office and alyssa was named jaycee. >> jaycee's case mirrors other high profile kidnappings where the abducted is found. in 2003, elizabeth smart was reunited with her family, nine months after being snatched out of her bedroom. in 2007, ben ownby and 15-year-old shawn hornbeck were found inmissouri after being kidnapped. hornbeck against her will, her parents never thought they'd see her alive again. >> i thought i'd be happy finding her and finding those
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who did it. >> the phone rang wednesday, and it was finally a call from husband long lost daughter. >> my hope is after the years to recover her and prosecute the people and now get her back alive is like winning the lotto. since she was heading off to fifth grade. i'm mike von fremd for "nightline" in california. >> tonight, a reporter for local station kcra did a jailhouse interview withalleged kidnapper philip g the end, this is -- th is a powerful heart rendering story. >> many questions remain unanswered of course. we'll follow this story closely.
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masassachchususetts tay.. 7,7,00oplele had c com too papa their respects tosenator edward kennedy. thousands also gathered ahyanni. one couldn't help but think of other kennedy farewells, each one of which left indelible marks on the nation. this is day filled with echos from the past. >> tonight, this is where people came to say goobye. by the thousands. good-bye to man, good-bye to a
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good-bye to a kennedy. >> he's a national treasure, but >> a lot of people didn't know, he did help a lot of minorities, especially female young minorities. >> and every piece of progressive legislation in the last 40 years has his mark on it. three hou last 40 years has his mark on it. three hou or more to see the body of ted yes, this state and country has said good-bye to kennedys before. sad somber, tragic good-byes, but this good-bye was different. it was for teddy. it began in hyannisport in the early afternoon. the military guard loading his
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coffin on to the hearse for the 70-mile rideto boston. sist along the route to boston, there were crowds at overpasses. on the side of the road. >> the headline as it come -- >> we have seen processions for kennedys before. 1968, the train trip to washington. carrying the body of robert kennedy. gunned down at age in 1963, there was the somber march through washington, the riderless horse, the salute from the son. the almost overwhelming grief with every single step. john f. kennedy gunned down at age 46.3 but today, it was different. here that?
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that is cheering. applause. celebration. as the body of ted kennedy wound its way through the streets of boston. sure, people were here to mourn, but they were also here in gratitude. why are you here today? >> i'm here because i have great respect for the senator. i think he's done more thirish . do you feel close to kennedy? >> indirectly. i feel a debt of gratitude to him for sure. he doesn't know me, but, you know, he's not aware of the fact of what he's done for me. but i want tore here. >> jimmythe union laborer.
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>> this is massachusetts. without back to my wife, a ten-page letter, handwriten by him, signed. >> there were thousands of stories. >> they had a party for everybody 85 years old and over and my grandma was there. she was 101. unbelievable. so it was reat. my grandma about a man who served the state for 47 years. longer than the lives of his brothers. that's not to say that the brothers weren't on people's minds. what do you have to say? >> good-bye. i'm glad he's with his family. you get to see all your brothers and sisters. >> it wentpast st. stephen's h
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died. past faneuil hall where he declared his candidacy for president in 1979. >> today i formally announce i'm a candidate for president of the united states. >> boston mayor through south boston where kennedy campaigned each of the nine times he ran for senate. and then, it arrived at the library. when john kennedy lied in state at the capitol, the crowds stretched for miles. for ted, they turned out too. but this is a different as if to say thank you for standing by the kennedys. then, and now. ted kennedy lived 77 years, so
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much longer than his brothers. i'm john berman for "nightline" in boston. >> in fact, the crowds at this hour are still so large that the family decided to allow viewing to be extended until nearly 2:00 a.m. on the east coast. these are live pictures right now. our thanks to john berman. we'll be right back. tter... ...giving you a dramatically whiter smile. whitening that fits any life and every smile. crest whitestrips advanced seal. it's my "save-so-much-on- his-graphing-calculator... look. i made it ay, "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- mah-tutor" button.
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it's one part youths who tell, one part game reserve and most of the young people who
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come to stay here have no experience training animals even as they walk the big cats like pets. doesn't sound a bit risky to you? well, local officials are starting to think so too. jeffrey kofman recently filed this report for our series "into the wild". >> deep in the jungles of south america, the jaguar is king of the beast. majestic, but when he wants to be, ferocious. so who is that guy taking a jaguar for a walk? jordan egger, only 19, is from london. he has been caring for rupi for a month. >> i think you get here in ten mines and you realize he's such a sweet cat, as you can see right now. >> yes, the big cat can seem sweet, but they're not always like that. a collection of videos on mysp
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the this is ambue ari. part of a network of image reserves in bolivia like nothing you'll find anywhere else. they have become a popular destination for extreme adventures. people from the u.s. and other parts volunteer in harsh conditions. >> it's muddy. >> yeah, it getsorse. >> they come here to care for abandoneand jungle animals. living with them from sunrise to sunset. >> well, i don't think -- >> but the big draw -- the jungle cats. >> that is caroline dougherty
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from greenwich, connecticut. for the last two weeks she has been here at the reer is -- reserve taking care of ans of let. do you have any experience with jungle animals? >> no jungle animals experiment, but i always loved animals my whole life. >> gilad goren has just arrived and he is already walking the pumas. he has nothing to fear. >> you see how they react, and you react it to. >> but 3 1/2 days, do you have any training in animals? >> prior training, no. none is necessary. >> all it takes is $9 a day for room and board. that and a leap of faith. but a the reserve is so remote and so primitive it has no emergency phone or car. just a small motorcycle and no medical facilities not even a nurse. the bolivian government has only vague laws but it believes kit no longer to afford what is happening here.
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we met with david kopp in la paz. he is a biologist with bolivia's ministry of the environment. how dangerous is this? to take a jaguarfor a walk, he asks, it is very dangerous. it can get you killed. >> he'll sprint at like four -- >> none of the animals can be returned to the wild so the theory here is give them as much freedom as humanly possible. >> those are huge though. >> yeah, as you can see, that's what he wants. >> the big cats get taken on walks on a leash four or five hours a day. we plan to keep our distance from rupi, but when rupi showed an interest it seemed unwise to refuse. >> just be calm. >> wow. abrasive. >> yeah, like sand paper. >> yeah, i don't think i have
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ever been licked by a jaguar before. >> you haven't? >> no. that's all you can have though, okay? >>overseeing it all antezana, o inti wari yassi. >> some people think is crazy, it's incredibly dangerous for inexperienced 19-year-olds to be playing with jaguars. that's not true, he says. everything is dangerous, everything carries a risk. this is a little too risky even for the bolivian gornment. why don't you close it down? well, the problem is where do we take the animals he says? at this point there's no other place in bolivia that can take care of them. the solution not to close it down. the solution is to demand that they improve their message. it is thrilling to see the animals up close and easy to see how it feels worthwhile. and the danger sometimes life can be too thrilling to worry
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about the consequences. after 3 1/2 days, gilad goren thinks he's figured out the law of the jungle. >> the animals are like humans in that if you don't mess with their food, if you show them love, they'll show you respect. >> it sounds good, but do the animals see it that way? for "nightline," i'm jeffrey kofmanam bue ari, ambue a, boli. >> our thanks to jeffrey kofman. we'll be back with a fond remembrance of a man's life.
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