william randolph hurst. >> patricia hurst is 19.en a woman and two armed men dragged, threw patricia down the stairs, threw her into the trunk of a car and drove off. >> just as apartment officials suspect the kidnapping may be part of a nationwide campaign for terrorism. >> it had been three days of false alarms until news came this this radio station had received what looks to be the first real message from the kidnappers. >> the overwhelming irony of the patty hearst kidnapping is that the most marginal of groups macs manages to pull off what is after watergate the biggest media spectacle of the decade. >> the kidnappers are members of a terrorist group that calls themselves the symbionese liberation army. >> it calls on them to unite into a fighting force. with the demands of the sla, death to the fascist insect that preys on the life of the people. >> we love you, patty. and we're all praying for you. i know those people. they had good ideals. they're just going about them the wrong way. >> initially, patti's kidnapping progres