. >> elizabeth joseph.toria william. >> reporter: early on, some managed a daring escape. >> there is not my real name. i use it for protection, and i'm one of the girls that escaped. >> reporter: she and eight others are now here studying in the united states. their code names and sunglasses their way of protecting themselves while in public. >> school was great until one day when the boko haram came in unexpected. >> reporter: they say men with guns broke in and started yelling that they knew about the education they were getting. >> and all that said, everybody already knew they are boko haram. they have guns. they said if we run or we shout, they're going to shoot all of us. they start burning our clothes, our books, and everything. >> reporter: they both say the fighters led them into the forest where they loaded them onto trucks. >> i was thinking since they're here, they're taking us somewhere. i'm going to die. >> reporter: so both girls made the life or death decision to jump. >> i said god help me