jenniferer brown hydyde: it w was terrifyfying. therere was dustst and dirtt that w was flying g everywher. lynda cacarrejo: i t thought e were g going to didie right th. ththat's when n we thoughthte woululd smother r to death.. lynda carrejo: and then, it finally stopped. but anyone that touched that beam-- the sand w would trickckle i. so we couldn't move. we had to stay put wherever we were at. wewe knew we w wouldn't lalt muchch longer inin there. reportrter: good e evening. ththe californrnia nationanal d today jojoined statete and lol police and the fbi in a giant search for 26 c california a childre. there arare no real l clues, only an eeeerie silencnce in a a frightenining and d bizarre cacase. rereporter: ththroughout much of f this day,, parerents and otother family of the m missing chihildren cacame to the e command popost up in downwntown chowcwchill. glglen ray: atat that timem, therere was 100 0 people waiag for wordrd, and it w was scar. carol mamarshall: mymy husban, bob-- - he was in n canada at the c calgary sta

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