hugo did it gyptian troops into sinai.ust but as he held out a while they said feeney at a low blow. in memory of television and foscari. i am lucky she. even when who bombed. out a house. that was all. story. but not said also saw an opportunity to try to roll back the gains israel had secured following the one nine hundred fifty six war. on the sixteenth of may egypt asked the un to withdrew its peacekeeping troops from sinai. a week later and the theatrical setting of a meeting with his fighter pilots. announced the closing of the tour on straight to israeli shipping. news of nasr is actions brought people out onto the streets all across the arab world. tell me about a billion dollar slaves a little above. well a man in the wall of the finance. well the could have said what it is showing at the behest of the. head of some. israel's new war cabinet under levy eshkol took the decision to open hostilities on the fifth of june nine hundred sixty seven. the air force was given the green light to operation focus. the aerial a

a plane is waiting to take off toward sinai.arshall added hacky mohamed a deputy supreme commander of the egyptian armed forces is making a morale boosting visit to troops deployed on the borders with israel for the last three weeks. than it was of the shut off praskovia. buses and little. c.s.e. on what. we have gotten up lemme minute and anybody can read and read. out on the even a theme of the. of this egyptian show of strength was put to good use by israeli media. memories of the holocaust were invoked to persuade israelis they were facing a threat to their very existence. need a difference with the nazis. grandmother nothing was never mentioned by name in the bow media at the time it was called the egyptian tyrant it was his name. in washington u.s. president lyndon b. johnson issued a stark warning to which ever side should start the war. it was a thinly veiled threat to the egyptian leadership. its toll there at that its demise. is come out of them also. by you know so much value is sought neal. to warm a dot about. what

but since then they had moved not an inch further east into sinai. affair the liver ace said the president has said kept calling president sadat telling him mr president advance the whole israeli armed forces are in front of us and we are taking aerial strikes by the entire israeli air force there is nothing stopping you from advancing deep into sinai as we agreed but there was no answer to. what is your. eight months earlier and to meeting in egypt set out on our side had forged a plan with a common purpose they had agreed to launch a war against israel on two fronts. but now it seemed the two presidents had entirely different concepts of the war they had planned together. as a told me that from the moment of the seizure of power is ambition his dream was to avenge the defeat of my sixty seven when syria had lost the go along the to israel with us and them self have been defense of the stuff so i think you felt as with personal responsibility for the recovery of the land. assad saw the war which he was planning as the war of liberation. sadat on the

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had realistic goals about recovering the sinai and the war lets the recovery of the sinai for egypt so you've got to see that as a win for the egyptians. for the syrians i don't recall the golan so you got to see that as a defeat essential. for the israelis also mostly they had reversed the course of the war but they had suffered very heavy casualties so you kind of have to see it as a bit of a defeat for the israelis in terms of being caught by surprise. because shoot. you know a person in his life has three four friends who are close to their hearts and in their souls possibly of another of them returned with me so i definitely don't think there are any winners in your age there will be someone who loses more someone who loses less but there are no winners in wars and that's something which has stayed with me since nine hundred seventy three because he. pictured was. going to dead got up to us least most of the company no more. we used the train for our return to kargil you knew soldiers who had died during this or duct operation and you know their wives their mothers we knew each ot

two hundred twenty jets at the egyptian at full scrawls the suez canal heading for the sinai. their targets israel's command centers and fields and anti-aircraft batteries. but have to have some second before passé if the busts even flying at the altitude of five kilometers i was looking at sinai about an explosion here another there israeli anti-aircraft missiles targeting our planes in our planes striking at their missile sites but you know what it was like a wedding with very lights and lights flashing on an arc of a beautiful city i mean sinai looked almost joyful. a mile of. the egyptian air craft return to the f. fields after destroying their targets for the loss of just eight planes. but one of the first casualties was significant president sadat sprog. of the deferred office of that was my classmate we never felt he was a president's brother or anything like that he looked like a movie star a landie along with fair hair green eyes so elegant and so manly and he talked his all in piloting and the knowledge but because of his competence not his brother because. within mi

two hundred twenty jets at the egyptian at the suez canal heading for the sinai.their targets israel's command centers fields and anti-aircraft batteries. but have to have some secular for a if the busts even flying at the altitude of five kilometers i was looking at sinai an explosion here another there and the israeli anti-aircraft missiles targeting our planes in our planes striking at their missile sites but you know what it was like a wedding with very lights the lights flashing on an arc of a beautiful city i mean sinai looked almost joyful. but. the egyptian air craft returned to the at fields off to destroying their targets for the loss of just eight planes. but one of the first casualties was significant president sadat sprog. it was the different octopus of that was my classmate we never felt he was a president's brother or anything like that he looked like a movie star a landie along with fair hair green eyes so elegant and so manly and he talked his all in piloting and the knowledge but because of his competence not his brother because. within minutes

totally different from the waste does that of sinai. egyptian special forces working in small groups use the last undergrowth to set ambushes for the israeli troops. it was clear. why was i was so confident because i knew they were up to the job i had faith in the troops and commanders. i had lived with them for a long time i was the commander of the troops for three years and i knew them to be brave fighters real men and reliable. egyptian chief of staff general sada szczesny realize the war plan was on the verge of disaster. antitank squads would desperately needed on the west bank of the canal to help stop the israeli advance. but in ordering them to cross back from sinai chesley was breaking presidential orders. so that. and so that had set his mind on the fact that since we had taken bridgeheads on the eastern side of the canal we should never leave the east whatever happened he thought at least now we are on the eastern side of the canal and so he gave orders that not even one rifle should be pulled back from east to west. so how

with outdated weapons and lacking the ability to liberate the whole of sinai in a military operation in february nine hundred seventy one less than four months after taking power sadat offered a peace deal if the israelis would withdraw from sinai. israeli prime minister golda made rebuffed the offer. why should i. now after. that everybody and i. can assure. something more terrible than we have. for israel then to give up. asya would have probably been an impractical thing to achieve unfortunately sometimes it really does take a military offensive to change perceptions of negotiating oscars. so it had to be. but sadat had a bold idea in mind. could a limited rule bring the attention of the world superpowers back to the region and jump start stalled peace initiatives. it was a plan developed by his chief of staff says lee. and another goal would be for the. novel and we can cross the canal with him.

totally different from the waste desert of sinai. egyptian special forces working in small groups use the last undergrowth to set ambushes for the israeli troops. it was clear. why was i was so confident because i knew they were up to the job i had faith in the troops and commanders. i had lived with them for a long time i was the commander of the part of troops for three years and i knew them to be brave fighters real men and reliable. egyptian chief of staff general sada szczesny realize the war plan was on the verge of disaster. antitank squads would desperately needed on the west bank of the canal to help stop the israeli advance. but in ordering them to cross back from sinai szczesny was breaking presidential orders. so that. and so that had set his mind on the fact that since we had taken bridgeheads on the eastern side of the canal we should never leave the east whatever happened he thought at least now we are on the eastern side of the canal and so he gave orders that not even one rifle should be pulled back from east to west

but since then they had moved not an inch further east into sinai. a panel of ace said the president said kept calling president sadat telling him mr president advance the whole israeli armed forces are in front of us and we are taking aerial strikes by the entire israeli air force there is nothing stopping you from advancing deep into sinai as we agreed but there was no answer to. what is your. eight months earlier and to meeting in egypt set out on our side had forged a plan with a common purpose they had agreed to launch a war against israel on two fronts. but now it seemed the two presidents had entirely different concepts of the war they had planned together. as a totally that from the moment of the seizure of power is ambition his dream was to avenge the siege of ninety six to seven when syria had lost. the two israel with us it themselves have been defense of the stuff so i think you felt as with personal responsibility for the recovery of the about. us that's. saw the war she was planning as the war liberation. sadat on the other hand had bee

they had occupied the whole of the sinai peninsula and the gaza strip. not chillin the fears of street. level cut the. deficit on but it's put back the government and. were should know to have mellowed out at the start has as you. could have given was for. the previous day the israelis had also tasted success on that eastern front. ending the short lived rule launched by jordan's king saying. by eleven o'clock in the morning the first day visually after we destroyed the egyptian post but hussein didn't know into that thought on the contrary and also called him up and said will winning will winning do your own share. he didn't. need a fence it was in the name of the doing but he conquered the hills along the government tells it endangered in the southern part of jos and that his forces were only by now a few hundred yards away from his lead me house itself is that this is that. on the off to noon of the first day of the. israelis began their assault. against the jordanians. that box will soon escalate. and two days later the whole of the west bank and jer

but since then they had moved not an inch further east into sinai. a kind of ace said the president said kept calling president sadat telling him mr president advance the whole israeli armed forces are in front of us and we are taking aerial strikes by the entire israeli air force there is nothing stopping you from advancing deep into sinai as we agreed but there was no answer to. what is your. eight months earlier and to meeting in egypt set out on our side had forged a plan with a common purpose they had agreed to launch a war against israel on two fronts. but now it seemed the two presidents had entirely different concepts of the war they had planned together. as a totally that from the moment of the seizure of power is ambition his dream was to avenge the siege of ninety six to seven when syria had lost. the two israel with us themselves have been defense of the stuff so i. thank you felt as with personal responsibility for the recovery of the damned. us and saw the war she was planning as the war of liberation. sadat on the other hand had been p

it was the first in a chain of agreements that would lead to total israeli withdrawal from sinai and april nine hundred eighty two. thousand how possible or what the significance of that war the october war was the impact it had not only on the political military and security level but only israeli citizen himself in accepting the idea that i can leave the land occupied to feel more secure. the agreement stated that israeli forces west of the canal would withdraw to the east bank and further east into sinai a reduced egyptian force would stay on the eastern side of the canal and positions they had captured during the war. un forces would police the buffer zone between the two armies. and entertainment troops came one day to sing for the soldiers on the western bank of the canal and be included in the repertoire of song left over from the six day war making fun of egyptian soldiers. running away and leaving their boots in the sand when they finished singing the soldiers came up and suggested that they take the soul out of the repertory it was not appropriate and. by the end of january

it was the first in a chain of agreements that would lead to total israeli withdrawal from sinai and april nine hundred eighty two. thousand how possible or what the significance of that war the october war was the impact it had not only on the political military and security level but only israeli citizen himself in accepting the idea that i can leave the land occupied to feel more secure. the agreement stated that israeli forces west of the canal would withdraw to the east bank and further east into sinai. a reduced egyptian force would stay on the eastern side of the canal in positions they had captured during the war. un forces would police the buffer zone between the two armies. and entertainment troops came one day to sing for the soldiers on the western bank of the canal and be included in the repertoire of song left over from the six day war making fun of egyptian soldiers. running away and leaving their boots in the sand when they finished singing the soldiers came up and suggested that they take that soul out of the repertoire it was not appropriate and. by the end of janua

with outdated weapons and lacking the ability to liberate the whole of sinai in a military operation in february nine hundred seventy one less than four months after taking power sadat offered a peace deal if the israelis would withdraw from sinai. israeli prime minister golda made rebuffed the offer. why should i but. now after that experience that everybody under. can assure. something more terrible than we have. for israel then to give up. a side. would have probably a bad and impractical thing to achieve unfortunately sometimes it really does take a military offensive to change perceptions a negotiating skills. so it had to be. but sadat had a bold idea in mind. could be limited to bring the attention of the world superpowers back to the region and jumpstart stalled peace.

with outdated weapons and lacking the ability to liberate the whole of sinai in a military operation in february nine hundred seventy one less than four months after taking power sadat offered a peace deal if the israelis would withdraw from sinai. israeli prime minister golda made rebuffed the offer. why should i but. now after that period that everybody and. can assure. something more terrible than we have. for israel then to give up a side. would have probably a bad and impractical thing to achieve unfortunately sometimes it really does take a military offensive to change perceptions a negotiating scares. so it had to be. but sadat had a bold idea in mind. could a limited war bring the attention of the world superpowers back to the region and jump start stalled peace initiatives. it was a plan developed by his chief of staff says lee. and another called the for.

their goal to liberate the sinai peninsula occupied by israel sixty is in the six day war. to field all means one hundred thousand men had established bridgeheads ten kilometers deep into sinai. during the first week of war the israelis had lost equipment at an unprecedented rate. five hundred tanks. and fifty aircraft. to an egyptian army equipped with the latest soviet weaponry can tell the anti-tank rockets. and sophisticated sufis to and missiles. right on the political system away from the soviets were trying to impose their will on the middle east to regain a position data supplied mashable forms to the arab world. united states had to respond and it had to make sure that weapons were not perceived as being inferior in the soviet union. by the fourteenth of october a massive american alef had begun to carry weapons to israel. the operation was code named nickel grass. electronic equipment sand which would help to neutralize a sand sige toll antitank missiles or sand the strange thing is that the really important material it was sent was the most basic one hundred five

two hundred twenty jets at the egyptian air force cross the suez canal heading for the sinai. their targets israel's command centers fields and anti-aircraft batteries. right up backup second to full back chafe the busts even flying at the altitude of five kilometers i was looking at sinai about an explosion here another there i mean is really anti-aircraft missiles targeting our planes in our planes striking at their missile sites but you know what it was like a wedding with very lights lights flashing on an art a beautiful see me sign i looked almost joyful. but. the egyptian air craft returned to the at fields off to destroying their targets for the loss of just eight planes. but one of their first casualties was significant president said dot's brother. of the different officer that was my classmate we never felt he was a president's brother or anything like that he looked like a movie star a landie along with fair hair green eyes so elegant and so manly and he talked his own piloting out and the knowledge but because of his competence not his brother because. within minut

two hundred twenty jets at the egyptian at full scrawls the suez canal heading for the sinai.their targets israel's command centers and fields and anti-aircraft batteries. right up to have some secular fallback chafe the busts even flying at the altitude of five kilometers i was looking at sinai about an explosion here another there is really anti-aircraft missiles targeting our planes in our planes striking at their missile sites but you know what it was like a wedding with very lights the lights flashing on an arc of a beautiful see me a sign i looked almost joyful. but. the egyptian air craft returned to the f. fields off to destroying their targets for the loss of just eight planes. but one of the first casualties was significant president sadat sprog. it was the different octopus of that was my classmate we never felt he was a president's brother or anything like that he looked like a movie star a landie along with fair hair green eyes so elegant and so manly and he talked his own piloting out and the knowledge but because of his competence not his brother because china.

region in may nine hundred sixty seven he requested the withdrawal of united nations observers from sinai and closed the suez canal street shipping to israel these moves were tantamount to a declaration of war. with conflict imminent out of leaders attempted to close ranks king hussein of jordan who had been the target of accusations and insults by egyptian state media made a hasty reconciliation with an awesome message. letting bygones be bygones was a means of escaping the insults egyptian media perfected personal attacks on his majesty but the euphoria of the reconciliation and path to a war was soon transformed into weeping which has continued to this day. a frenzied arab world waited for the outbreak of the was. was. as a nine hundred forty eight expectations of an out of victory and the destruction of israel. the reality proved very different. in june one nine hundred sixty seven in a matter of hours israel decimated the egyptian air force. israeli ground troops seized the sinai peninsula overran syria's golan heights and occupied east jerusalem the west bank and gaza. the arab worl

region in may nine hundred sixty seven he requested the withdrawal of united nations observers from sinai and closed the suez canal to the street shipped to israel this moves were tantamount to a declaration of war. with conflict imminent out of leaders attempted to close ranks king hussein of jordan who had been the target of accusations and insults by egyptian state media made a hasty reconciliation with an awesome. job. letting bygones be bygones was a means of escaping the insults egyptian media perfected personal attacks on his majesty but the euphoria of the reconciliation and path to war was soon transformed into weeping which has continued to this day. a frenzied out of world waited for the outbreak of the war was. was. as a nine hundred forty eight expectations of an out of victory and the destruction of israel. the reality proved very different. in june one thousand nine hundred eighty seven in a matter of hours israel decimated the egyptian air force. israeli ground troops seized the sinai peninsula overran syria's golan heights and occupied east jerusalem the west bank and gaz

others have made it across the sinai peninsula and managed to get into israel. today approximately forty thousand people from africa have made it into the country. and having rejected most of their asylum applications the israeli government now wants them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. it's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here until trial just. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them say the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the military is in fact a recruitment tool for forced labor tracing its role to the country's long running conflict with its neighbor if the o.p.o. . eritrea gained formal independence from ethiopia in one nine

you know, standing at sinai. maybe since sinai. this, for me, is the most amazing moment. and these are the kinds of conversations that israelis and american jews need to start having. >> and so i really agree with that. and i think rabbi talked about the importance of the jewish calendar as being the things that you don't write on the to-do list but you write in the diary. because it's really more permanent. so it's to remind us of the moral code by which we live. and i think, you know, if i come, you know, to hear you, rabbi, i want you to tell me think about how i keep a skending in my -- ascending in my judism. you know, it's interesting. when i was in israel there was a group of us and we met afterwards with the president. and it was very emotional for me. it was an emotional day. but i was less emotional because i was more kind of emotionally disciplined in that moment. but later on i said sitting in the presidential palace, i said what's the point of all of this? what is the point of all of this? and he said in a kind of way and maybe it was oversimplified, judism c

you know, standing at sinai -- maybe since sinai. this, for me, is the most amazing moment. and these are the kinds of conversations that israelis and american jews need to start >> ao tha i -- i really agree withhat, and i think rabbi saks talked about the importance of the jewish calendar as being these things that you don't write in a to-do list, but you write in a diary because it's more permanent. it's to remind us of the moral code by which we live. and i think, you know, if i come, you know, to hear you, rabbi, i want you to help me think about, you know, how i keep ascending in my judaism. you know, it's interesting, when i was in israel last, there was a group of us, and it was the first time that i'd been to rad rah shell -- yadrashem, and there was a v motional day, and i was more kind of emotionally disciplined in that moment. but later on i said to him sitting in the presidential palace, i said, you know, what's the point of all of this? what is the point for us, diaspora jews, of all of this? and he said in the kind of pithy way and maybe it was overly simply c

however and sinai to the south egyptians had used their success on day one to secure a defensive bridgeheads. with two field armies dug in across the canal the second in the north and the third in the south they were prepared for the inevitable israeli counterattack. by the end of day two to israel's most famous generals ariel sharon and i've done had arrived at the suez front. each with an arm and division of over three hundred tanks. they were ready to launch a carefully planned counterattack. a downs division to the north would sweep south to expel the egyptian second army from its bridgehead. then once out on how to push the egyptians back across the canal share owns division would move against the. dami to repeat the process in the south. at zero nine hundred hours on oct eighth. the attack began. suddenly we see that tanks of our brothers movie. in the plane but it's not the division which isn't just the forces of things. it's not a division on that that. it's not in the right direction instead from north to south they come through us from east to west and we see just before our eyes a

later that summer karen traveled from a home in new hampshire to boston for sinai of serene meant at the federal court. we were all seated together and he walked out he didn't look at any of us but his hand was obviously entered and my immediate response was i hope that her i hope it's painful. that was not like me. and the recognition of that about me was scared because that isn't who i am. have pled not guilty to all thirty counts seventeen punishable by death. the federal prosecutor asked victims if the u.s. should seek the death penalty. were i don't know. i don't know. i don't know what justice is. i got an e-mail. terrorist acts where much more common are the murders and other violent acts that happen every day across the united states. in philadelphia shannon schieber was finishing her first year of graduate school. she had been up studying it was early thursday morning before i would say it was friday morning. about two o'clock in the morning she was prepared to go but. the assailant who attacked or. he pried open her sliding door. she screamed for help but she was being atta

others have made it across the sinai peninsula and managed to get into israel. today approximately forty thousand people from africa have made it into the country. and having rejected most of their asylum applications the israeli government now wants them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. that's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here until trial just. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them say the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the military is in fact a recruitment tool for forced labor tracing its role to the country's long running conflict with its neighbor if the o.p.o. . eritrea gained formal independence from ethiopia in one nin

their goal to liberate the sinai peninsula occupied by israel sixty is in the six day war. to field all means one hundred thousand men had established bridgeheads ten kilometers deep into sinai. during the first week of war the israelis had lost equipment at an unprecedented rate. five hundred tanks. and fifty aircraft. to an egyptian army equipped with the latest soviet weaponry can tell the anti-tank rockets. and sophisticated sufis to and missiles. right on the political system way from the soviets are trying to impose their will on the middle east to regain a position data supplied mashable forms to the arab world. united states had to respond and it had to make sure that weapons were not perceived as being inferior in the soviet union. by the fourteenth of october a massive american alef had begun to carry weapons to israel. the operation was code named nickel grass. electronic equipment sand which would help to neutralize a sand sites toll antitank missiles or sand the strange thing is that the really important material it was sent was the most basic one hundred five

others have made it across the sinai peninsula and managed to get into israel. today approximately forty thousand people from africa have made it into the country. having rejected most of their asylum applications the israeli government now wants them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. it's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here until trial just. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them stayed the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the military is in fact a recruitment tool for forced labor tracing its role to the country's long running conflict with its neighbor if the o.p.o. . eritrea gained formal independence from ethiopia in one nine h

by israeli settlements would be ceded to jordan that the gaza border would be opened and the north sinaiwould become a place of refuge a place of sanctuary for palestinians now this plan is all of a bit of a madness really because in the first place the germans are not going to cede north sinai even though sisi might want to accommodate in particular the saudis nor the nor the palestinians going to give up so there is basically i think it's quite significant that the prince william has made this visit at this time and perhaps is a calming voice to this very extreme project. is being told he must accept so yeah there is a lot to unpack as we get more fishel details about what this particular plan is and we obviously will do that here on al-jazeera in the meantime though this particular visit for prince william is is the really really any significance that comes out of things like to say i mean sometimes things are just photo ops but sometimes images and words matter worth their words and things that he said that she found a real significance to either side. well i think for me the words t

others have made it across the sinai peninsula and managed to get into israel. today approximately forty thousand people from africa have made it into the country. and having rejected most of their asylum applications the israeli government now wants them out a new program has been announced except deportations to a third country such as rwanda or uganda or end up in an israeli prison. it's here in pockets of relatively deprived southern television but thousands of africans have made their home over recent years we'll hear from some of those who now stand to lose that here on top. tekhelet and eden have lived in tel aviv for about ten years now both of them say the reason they fled eritrea was to escape the military it's a familiar story. according to a united nations investigation based on interviews with five hundred refugees around the world the military is in fact a recruitment tool for forced labor tracing its role to the country's long running conflict with its neighbor if the o.p.o. . eritrea gained formal independence from ethiopia in one nine hundred ni

desperately and be so angry he's just not the same as he was before federal jury convicted to heart sinai and all thirty counts he was facing for the boston marathon bombing just eleven hours the jury found our native guilty of all charges now they would decide if he should be put to death. the survivors were divided. karin's friend celeste was for a death sentence. the richards not wanting to go through years of appeals but decided against it. it's a long tough process to really examine. why you feel what you feel. you really have to look at yourself. pretty hard to decide. as soon as vicki and sil learned the identity of the man who raped and murdered their daughter vicki wanted to know more. i want it i want to know why i want to stand what he did why was this going forward like that what was going on where was his background with that you have to talk to his mother and wanted to understand who he was vicki located troy graves mother and gave her a call we're on the phone together for many many hours in tears just tear sobbing with each other i said but just to understand what you are

desperately and be so angry he's just not the same as he was before federal jury convicted to heart sinai and all thirty counts he was facing for the boston marathon bombing just eleven hours the jury found our native guilty of all charges now they would decide if he should be put to death. the survivors were divided. karin's friend celeste was for a death sentence. the richards not wanting to go through years of appeals but decided against it. it's a long tough process to really examine. why you feel what you feel. you really have to look at yourself. pretty hard to decide. as soon as vicki and sil learned the identity of the man who raped and murdered their daughter vicki wanted to know more. i want it i want to know why i want to stand what he did why was this going forward like that what was going on where was his background with what you have to talk to his mother and i to understand who he was vicki located troy graves mother and gave her a call we're on the phone together for many many hours in tears just tear sobbing with each other i said but just to understand what you are going

. >> reporter: he and otherse w taken to the sinai peninsula where they were held for ransom.and 11 months. >> did you think you were going to survive? >> oh, yeah, from there, i knew. i'm going to survive. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine the young man running so effortless today was once beaten so badly he no lonr had the strength to crawl. eventually released by his captors, he spent time in a refugee camp, but never saw his parents again. fina ty came a chance to com america, ending up at palmer high school in colorado springs. >> h do we pronounce our first wordhere? >> reporter: where teacher chris duvall helped him learn >> he has a really big heart. i don't know if it's despite everything that he's gone through, or if it's becauseng o the t he's gone through. >> are you taking any days off? >> no. >> reporter: he also joined the coryh's cross-count running team. >> how good of a runner is he? >> he's amazing. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: despite every obstacle, he's defied the odds, graduating from high school and earning a fuel athletic scholarship to college. >> what's th lesso