lama christie mcnally and her husband, ian thorson, baked at mid afternoon and shivered through frigidwn the steep slope, but as they weakened, the climb to retrieve it became too difficult. across the country in new york, ian's family had no idea he and christie had been expelled from their silent retreat. >> there was so much behind closed doors. >> nobody called the family? >> yeah, exactly. >> they certainly know that ian was desperately sick up in that little cave. curious then that just about then, april 21st, something strange happened to alexandra. >> i had had this bout of dizziness, so it was almost like i was sensing things weren't right. >> and the very next morning, in the predawn hours of april 22nd, christie could not wake her husband. she waited for the sun to rise, and thus charge her solar-powered cell phone and called a friend at the group's headquarters. the friend called 911. >> we got called at 8:00. >> reporter: the sheriff's department search and rescue dispatched his team and soon realized no ambulance could get nowhere near christie and ian up at the top of th