. >> mei xiang hi father was locked up. i knew something was happening. one day, i heard this loud noise, and they marched into our backyard, and then i heard my mom crying, saying, "she is so little." i was in the library, and i looked out and saw them marching in, and they said, "she is there." and i knew they came up for me. that is the first time that they told me that they were not my birth parents, and they said, yes, that is true. do not fight. and i was screaming and kicking, and i said, "last week, you told me i was your favorite." i was taken away. tavis: that seems like a double trauma, the first trauma being you were taken away, the second trauma finding out that you're sharing my mom and shanghai dad where not your parents. how does an eight-year-old process all of that at the same time? >> it happened so quickly, and i was put on this jam packed train with strangers, and at that point, i knew that i wanted to be with somebody. i did not like to be alone. but when i arrived, i arrived a little too late. my parents were put on a truck to be ta