. >> reporter: 34-year-old twins flor and tamar edwards are in downtown chicago.g in the sights and sounds. >> hot dog. >> reporter: that are so familiar to most. >> i didn't know what a movie theater when i was 14. >> reporter: these twins spent the first 13 years of their lives in what ex members call an apocalyptic cult. in ways they see themselves as a real life version of the subject of a popular netflix series who escaped the life of captivity. >> when she sees water for the first time. >> we had the same -- >> when we saw a drinking fountain for the first time. we saw it and huddled around it like it was -- >> melting. >> we were like oh, my god. we'd press the button and see the water come out. >> florence and lamar edwards were born in to the children of god. a controversial religious sect established during the hippy free era. >> we were supposed to be god's martyrs. i was supposed to die at 12 and i would spend a lot of my time as a child thinking of that. paralyzed by it. >> reporter: they lived all over the world, from chicago to bangkok but yet shut