1 00:00:02,567 --> 00:00:04,612 - We knew that a fire had been set 2 00:00:04,656 --> 00:00:06,266 at the residence of Jim DiMaggio. 3 00:00:06,310 --> 00:00:08,834 - DiMaggio is suspected of setting fire to his home. 4 00:00:08,877 --> 00:00:11,097 - There was a body in the garage. 5 00:00:11,141 --> 00:00:13,926 That turned out to be Hannah's mother. 6 00:00:13,969 --> 00:00:16,058 They assumed that he had taken Hannah with him. 7 00:00:18,148 --> 00:00:20,367 - James DiMaggio is suspected of killing 8 00:00:20,411 --> 00:00:23,370 a woman and abducting her 16-year-old daughter. 9 00:00:23,414 --> 00:00:25,459 - Her father issued some statements 10 00:00:25,503 --> 00:00:27,331 directly to DiMaggio. 11 00:00:27,374 --> 00:00:28,897 - The damage is done. 12 00:00:28,941 --> 00:00:30,682 I'm begging you to let my daughter go. 13 00:00:30,725 --> 00:00:32,466 You've taken everything else. 14 00:00:32,510 --> 00:00:35,948 - They issued an AMBER Alert throughout initially California 15 00:00:35,991 --> 00:00:37,645 and then up the Pacific Northwest 16 00:00:37,689 --> 00:00:39,908 as the search area grew. 17 00:00:39,952 --> 00:00:41,867 Soon after the description of the car went out, 18 00:00:41,910 --> 00:00:44,826 the abandoned vehicle was spotted near Cascade, Idaho. 19 00:00:44,870 --> 00:00:47,307 It's a very remote area. 20 00:00:47,351 --> 00:00:49,179 We had aviation assets flying around. 21 00:00:49,222 --> 00:00:51,355 The pilot said there's an adult male down there 22 00:00:51,398 --> 00:00:55,098 and what we think to be teenage blond-haired girl. 23 00:00:55,141 --> 00:00:57,143 Somebody who finds themselves in this horrible set 24 00:00:57,187 --> 00:00:59,493 of circumstances through no fault of their own, 25 00:00:59,537 --> 00:01:02,061 my job is to go there and get her back. 26 00:01:02,105 --> 00:01:04,716 And then I hear a small-caliber firearm discharge. 27 00:01:04,758 --> 00:01:06,326 [gunshots pop] 28 00:01:06,370 --> 00:01:07,980 [dramatic music] 29 00:01:08,023 --> 00:01:11,157 - In the FBI, we make a lot of headlines. 30 00:01:11,201 --> 00:01:14,160 ♪ 31 00:01:14,204 --> 00:01:15,640 Drug busts, 32 00:01:15,683 --> 00:01:18,512 mob stings, 33 00:01:18,556 --> 00:01:20,253 terrorist takedowns. 34 00:01:20,297 --> 00:01:22,386 - Get down! Get down! 35 00:01:22,429 --> 00:01:24,779 - We understand why people want to tell stories about us. 36 00:01:24,823 --> 00:01:25,824 - Mark it. 37 00:01:25,867 --> 00:01:27,304 - Freeze! - FBI. 38 00:01:27,347 --> 00:01:29,001 - FBI! - Action! 39 00:01:29,044 --> 00:01:31,046 - But they don't know the half of it. 40 00:01:31,090 --> 00:01:32,570 [indistinct radio chatter] 41 00:01:32,613 --> 00:01:34,746 What really goes down, 42 00:01:34,789 --> 00:01:37,009 we save that for each other 43 00:01:37,052 --> 00:01:39,185 when we're talking agent to agent. 44 00:01:39,229 --> 00:01:42,101 ♪ 45 00:01:42,145 --> 00:01:45,322 This is "FBI True." 46 00:01:49,282 --> 00:01:52,242 [ominous music] 47 00:01:52,284 --> 00:01:56,768 ♪ 48 00:01:56,811 --> 00:01:58,900 - So, Chuck, I know that you were involved 49 00:01:58,944 --> 00:02:01,294 with the Hannah Anderson kidnapping case. 50 00:02:01,338 --> 00:02:02,904 - Yep. 51 00:02:02,948 --> 00:02:05,124 - It's the end of the summer, you're in Virginia. 52 00:02:05,168 --> 00:02:06,821 I know it's sticky and warm. Where are you? 53 00:02:06,865 --> 00:02:08,562 What's going on? 54 00:02:08,605 --> 00:02:12,087 - Kristy Kottis is a 24-year veteran of the FBI. 55 00:02:12,131 --> 00:02:15,178 She worked gangs, crimes against children, 56 00:02:15,221 --> 00:02:17,528 as well as human and drug trafficking. 57 00:02:17,571 --> 00:02:19,225 Kottis was the supervisor 58 00:02:19,269 --> 00:02:21,271 of the FBI's threat response squad, 59 00:02:21,314 --> 00:02:23,969 overseeing the Bureau's response to terrorism threats 60 00:02:24,012 --> 00:02:25,318 in New York City. 61 00:02:25,362 --> 00:02:26,798 - It's a Friday afternoon. 62 00:02:26,841 --> 00:02:29,540 My little sister and her husband and three kids were 63 00:02:29,583 --> 00:02:32,151 visiting from Germany, and my mom was in town. 64 00:02:32,195 --> 00:02:34,501 And my phone rang. 65 00:02:34,545 --> 00:02:36,982 - Chuck Davis was a decorated Air Force vet 66 00:02:37,025 --> 00:02:39,898 when he joined the FBI in 1998. 67 00:02:39,941 --> 00:02:42,292 He was a bomb technician, freefall jumper, 68 00:02:42,335 --> 00:02:44,598 and SWAT team leader. 69 00:02:44,642 --> 00:02:47,253 He ran hostage rescue teams before retiring 70 00:02:47,297 --> 00:02:49,690 as supervisory special agent in Denver. 71 00:02:49,734 --> 00:02:53,303 - So got in the car and ran code from Northern Virginia 72 00:02:53,346 --> 00:02:55,348 down to Richmond airport, which is where we have 73 00:02:55,392 --> 00:02:57,481 our alert bird on standby. 74 00:02:57,524 --> 00:02:59,526 - When you go code, that's lights and sirens. 75 00:02:59,570 --> 00:03:02,181 What are you learning at this point about the case? 76 00:03:02,225 --> 00:03:03,661 What do you know? 77 00:03:03,704 --> 00:03:06,098 - We had heard of this case earlier in the week. 78 00:03:06,141 --> 00:03:08,143 It was a kidnapping case, but it started 79 00:03:08,187 --> 00:03:09,971 as an arson investigation. 80 00:03:10,015 --> 00:03:12,931 We knew that a fire had been set at the residence 81 00:03:12,974 --> 00:03:14,411 of Jim DiMaggio. 82 00:03:14,454 --> 00:03:16,978 - DiMaggio is suspected of setting fire 83 00:03:17,021 --> 00:03:21,679 to his home 65 miles east of San Diego on Sunday. 84 00:03:21,722 --> 00:03:25,509 - And when the fire department responded to the residence, 85 00:03:25,552 --> 00:03:28,294 there was a body in the garage. 86 00:03:28,338 --> 00:03:30,818 That body turned out to be Hannah's mother, 87 00:03:30,862 --> 00:03:34,213 tortured, but obvious signs of a struggle. 88 00:03:34,257 --> 00:03:37,608 - The victim in that structure has been identified 89 00:03:37,651 --> 00:03:39,305 as Christina Anderson. 90 00:03:39,348 --> 00:03:42,787 She's a 44-year-old Lakeside resident. 91 00:03:42,830 --> 00:03:45,920 And it has been determined that Ms. Anderson has been murdered. 92 00:03:45,964 --> 00:03:47,444 - There was an arson investigation, 93 00:03:47,487 --> 00:03:50,360 and they determined that somebody had set the house 94 00:03:50,403 --> 00:03:53,014 on fire utilizing devices on timers 95 00:03:53,058 --> 00:03:56,279 and they had an intact device that they could analyze. 96 00:03:56,322 --> 00:03:58,497 And so that led them to believe then 97 00:03:58,542 --> 00:04:01,022 that Mr. DiMaggio was a prime suspect 98 00:04:01,066 --> 00:04:04,374 in the murder of Hannah's mom. 99 00:04:04,417 --> 00:04:06,463 And they knew there was another body in there. 100 00:04:06,506 --> 00:04:09,204 Turned out to be her brother in the house. 101 00:04:09,248 --> 00:04:11,816 - Police say the charred remains found inside the home 102 00:04:11,859 --> 00:04:13,687 of DiMaggio are consistent with that 103 00:04:13,731 --> 00:04:15,080 of an eight-year-old boy, 104 00:04:15,123 --> 00:04:17,603 the same age, of course, as young Ethan. 105 00:04:17,648 --> 00:04:20,172 - DiMaggio was a close family friend 106 00:04:20,215 --> 00:04:21,695 of the Andersons, right? 107 00:04:21,739 --> 00:04:22,914 - That is correct. 108 00:04:22,957 --> 00:04:24,872 - They called him Uncle Jim. - Yes. 109 00:04:24,916 --> 00:04:26,961 They also learned that at some point before the day 110 00:04:27,005 --> 00:04:29,486 of the fire, DiMaggio apparently took 111 00:04:29,529 --> 00:04:33,446 Hannah and some of her friends on a trip, 112 00:04:33,490 --> 00:04:35,883 and he said something to the effect that, 113 00:04:35,927 --> 00:04:39,060 if you and I were the same age, Hannah, I would-- 114 00:04:39,104 --> 00:04:40,714 I would want to date you. 115 00:04:42,673 --> 00:04:45,240 - Hm. - And so since Hannah was 116 00:04:45,284 --> 00:04:47,808 last seen where Mr. DiMaggio picked her up 117 00:04:47,851 --> 00:04:49,680 at cheerleading practice, they assumed that 118 00:04:49,723 --> 00:04:51,812 he had taken Hannah with him. 119 00:04:51,856 --> 00:04:54,119 - An intense manhunt is underway this morning 120 00:04:54,162 --> 00:04:56,121 for a California man. 121 00:04:56,164 --> 00:04:59,385 James DiMaggio is suspected of killing a woman and her son 122 00:04:59,429 --> 00:05:02,127 and abducting her 16-year-old daughter. 123 00:05:02,170 --> 00:05:05,348 - They issued an AMBER Alert throughout initially California 124 00:05:05,391 --> 00:05:07,262 and then up the Pacific Northwest 125 00:05:07,306 --> 00:05:09,482 as the search area grew. 126 00:05:09,526 --> 00:05:11,528 - So we just learned that the AMBER Alert has 127 00:05:11,571 --> 00:05:14,226 been extended to Oregon and Washington state. 128 00:05:14,269 --> 00:05:15,749 - Any time there's a child involved, 129 00:05:15,793 --> 00:05:18,665 it ups the ante considerably, and as a result of that, 130 00:05:18,709 --> 00:05:22,625 we're super focused on getting all the guys and gals 131 00:05:22,669 --> 00:05:24,584 and the whole team on the airplane 132 00:05:24,628 --> 00:05:27,065 and getting on our way as quickly as we possibly can. 133 00:05:27,108 --> 00:05:29,197 - Now you're really in focus. 134 00:05:29,241 --> 00:05:31,678 Where was Hannah's father during all of this? 135 00:05:31,722 --> 00:05:35,465 - He was away from the family in Tennessee on, like, 136 00:05:35,508 --> 00:05:39,425 a three-month work trip. 137 00:05:39,469 --> 00:05:43,908 But as soon as it became apparent that DiMaggio had 138 00:05:43,951 --> 00:05:46,998 kidnapped Hannah, he issued some statements 139 00:05:47,041 --> 00:05:49,653 directly to DiMaggio. 140 00:05:49,696 --> 00:05:54,614 - Jim, I can't fathom what you were thinking. 141 00:05:54,658 --> 00:05:57,617 The damage is done. 142 00:05:57,661 --> 00:05:59,445 I'm begging you to let my daughter go. 143 00:05:59,489 --> 00:06:01,969 You've taken everything else. 144 00:06:02,013 --> 00:06:05,408 Hannah, we all love you very much. 145 00:06:05,451 --> 00:06:07,714 If you have a chance, you take it. 146 00:06:07,758 --> 00:06:09,150 You run. 147 00:06:09,194 --> 00:06:10,630 You'll be found. 148 00:06:10,674 --> 00:06:12,676 - So there were numerous sightings. 149 00:06:12,719 --> 00:06:15,679 - Meanwhile, a sighting at this California border checkpoint 150 00:06:15,722 --> 00:06:18,508 not far from DiMaggio's home appears to confirm 151 00:06:18,551 --> 00:06:20,510 that Hannah is alive. 152 00:06:20,553 --> 00:06:22,773 - A San Diego County sheriff's department spokeswoman said 153 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:24,949 the 16-year-old was photographed with suspect 154 00:06:24,992 --> 00:06:27,517 James Lee DiMaggio in his Nissan Versa 155 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,693 at a westbound Old Highway 8 checkpoint 156 00:06:29,736 --> 00:06:32,043 shortly after midnight on August 4th. 157 00:06:32,086 --> 00:06:34,349 - Soon after the description of the car went out, 158 00:06:34,393 --> 00:06:36,917 the abandoned vehicle was spotted near Cascade, Idaho, 159 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:40,747 by the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. 160 00:06:40,791 --> 00:06:43,924 - San Diego officials announced a major new lead. 161 00:06:43,968 --> 00:06:49,103 - The blue Nissan Versa was discovered covered in brush. 162 00:06:49,147 --> 00:06:51,105 - The license plates had been removed, 163 00:06:51,149 --> 00:06:53,760 and whoever parked the car there attempted to hide it. 164 00:06:53,804 --> 00:06:55,588 - Local law enforcement in the area 165 00:06:55,632 --> 00:06:58,330 were able to confirm through the VIN number 166 00:06:58,373 --> 00:07:01,855 that the vehicle did belong to DiMaggio. 167 00:07:01,899 --> 00:07:03,944 - There were a number of sightings and false leads, 168 00:07:03,988 --> 00:07:05,903 but this sort of at least pinpointed that 169 00:07:05,946 --> 00:07:07,992 he at least was here 170 00:07:08,035 --> 00:07:10,995 and that's what got us moving in that direction. 171 00:07:11,038 --> 00:07:14,346 The investigators on scene did a search of the vehicle 172 00:07:14,389 --> 00:07:17,697 and found some receipts from, I believe it was a Walmart down 173 00:07:17,741 --> 00:07:20,134 in San Diego, California, and they identified 174 00:07:20,178 --> 00:07:21,745 the items that he had purchased. 175 00:07:21,788 --> 00:07:23,181 And it was some camping supplies 176 00:07:23,224 --> 00:07:25,270 to include a tent, blue tent, 177 00:07:25,313 --> 00:07:29,230 and one very odd fact said a gray house cat. 178 00:07:29,274 --> 00:07:30,884 And I thought to myself, why would anybody 179 00:07:30,928 --> 00:07:32,495 even put that in there? 180 00:07:32,538 --> 00:07:34,540 At the time, I thought it was really kind of silly, 181 00:07:34,584 --> 00:07:38,239 then sometime that, either Thursday or Friday, 182 00:07:38,283 --> 00:07:42,417 a group of horseback riders 183 00:07:42,461 --> 00:07:46,378 were riding way back into the wilderness area 184 00:07:46,421 --> 00:07:48,249 and they came across a gentleman 185 00:07:48,293 --> 00:07:51,296 and a young girl who they said were ill-equipped to be 186 00:07:51,339 --> 00:07:53,167 in the area where they were. 187 00:07:53,211 --> 00:07:57,302 She was described as having on sweatpants and tennis shoes, 188 00:07:57,345 --> 00:07:59,826 and when they returned to their house-- 189 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:01,654 - Just had a gut feeling about him. 190 00:08:01,698 --> 00:08:03,743 - The AMBER Alert was on the television, 191 00:08:03,787 --> 00:08:06,224 and I told my wife, I said that is that girl 192 00:08:06,267 --> 00:08:07,660 we seen on the mountain. 193 00:08:07,704 --> 00:08:09,357 - She did appear frightened, but I thought 194 00:08:09,401 --> 00:08:11,795 it was a fear of the horses. 195 00:08:11,838 --> 00:08:13,318 - I have to stop you right there. 196 00:08:13,361 --> 00:08:16,582 So here are these couples pony riding in the woods, 197 00:08:16,625 --> 00:08:19,237 and they come across a 16-year-old girl 198 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,544 and basically Grandpa Monkey with her. 199 00:08:21,587 --> 00:08:25,591 And, you know, how does that even happen? 200 00:08:25,635 --> 00:08:28,375 - So the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness area 201 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:30,814 is something on the order of 2.3 million acres. 202 00:08:32,685 --> 00:08:35,034 It's a very remote area, 203 00:08:35,079 --> 00:08:38,648 and the fact that the two of those parties crossed paths 204 00:08:38,691 --> 00:08:40,258 is very fortuitous for us. 205 00:08:40,301 --> 00:08:42,347 - I've had cases also like that where 206 00:08:42,390 --> 00:08:45,524 it's just, like, you can't even calculate the odds of that. 207 00:08:45,568 --> 00:08:46,917 - As you well know, you need a start point 208 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,483 into something that big. 209 00:08:48,527 --> 00:08:50,790 And so I think that was the linchpin that sort of 210 00:08:50,833 --> 00:08:53,140 got us involved in this case. 211 00:08:53,184 --> 00:08:55,273 [dramatic music] 212 00:08:55,316 --> 00:08:56,970 ♪ 213 00:08:57,014 --> 00:09:02,585 We Landed About 11:00 at night and drove up to Cascade. 214 00:09:02,628 --> 00:09:05,022 The next morning, people just start streaming in, 215 00:09:05,065 --> 00:09:07,546 all the various jurisdictions, all the people that are there, 216 00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:09,853 you know, to try and figure out how we're going to best 217 00:09:09,896 --> 00:09:12,116 slice up this giant pie. 218 00:09:12,159 --> 00:09:14,640 The chances of us in 2.3 million acres 219 00:09:14,684 --> 00:09:16,947 coming across those folks is fairly slim. 220 00:09:18,383 --> 00:09:20,080 Logical investigation said, OK, 221 00:09:20,124 --> 00:09:21,821 he was last seen here by the hikers. 222 00:09:21,865 --> 00:09:23,649 How far could two of them travel on foot? 223 00:09:23,693 --> 00:09:25,303 Where might they be going? 224 00:09:25,346 --> 00:09:27,827 There was a river that had river rafting, 225 00:09:27,871 --> 00:09:30,830 like river guides, and so we thought, oh, 226 00:09:30,874 --> 00:09:32,571 maybe he's working his way there, 227 00:09:32,615 --> 00:09:33,703 and he's going to get on one of these rafts 228 00:09:33,746 --> 00:09:35,226 and float down the river. 229 00:09:35,269 --> 00:09:37,707 So the idea was we were going to flood the area 230 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:40,927 with as many resources as possible. 231 00:09:40,971 --> 00:09:43,016 So we had other FBI tactical assets there. 232 00:09:43,060 --> 00:09:45,149 We had, I believe, the San Francisco SWAT team, 233 00:09:45,192 --> 00:09:47,978 Salt Lake SWAT team, and some other resources. 234 00:09:48,021 --> 00:09:51,372 And so the bosses all got together, 235 00:09:51,416 --> 00:09:53,548 and we just started slicing the area up 236 00:09:53,592 --> 00:09:55,289 based on where the car was 237 00:09:55,333 --> 00:09:57,901 and where they were last sighted. 238 00:09:57,944 --> 00:10:00,686 My team, which was me and four other guys, 239 00:10:00,730 --> 00:10:03,863 we were assigned an area called Morehead Lake, 240 00:10:03,907 --> 00:10:06,779 and it was an Alpine lake up in the mountains 241 00:10:06,823 --> 00:10:08,955 and our job was just going to be 242 00:10:08,999 --> 00:10:11,392 to get up there and search the area 243 00:10:11,436 --> 00:10:13,046 and see if we could find anything. 244 00:10:13,090 --> 00:10:15,396 - Did we have at this point-- I know you guys have all kinds 245 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,051 of things in your toy box, something that allows you 246 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:19,792 to have an aerial peekaboo? 247 00:10:19,836 --> 00:10:22,099 - We had Bureau resources, aviation assets, 248 00:10:22,142 --> 00:10:24,101 and they were just generally flying around 249 00:10:24,144 --> 00:10:26,494 the River of No Return Wilderness. 250 00:10:26,538 --> 00:10:30,063 And they were at Morehead Lake, 251 00:10:30,107 --> 00:10:33,066 and they saw a tent on the ground. 252 00:10:33,110 --> 00:10:35,590 We knew that DiMaggio had purchased a blue tent-- 253 00:10:35,634 --> 00:10:37,201 - Right. - At Walmart. 254 00:10:37,244 --> 00:10:38,811 We asked the pilot if he could tell 255 00:10:38,855 --> 00:10:39,986 what the color of the tent was, and he said, 256 00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:41,596 "Yes, it's a blue tent." 257 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,773 Well, over the next couple of minutes, 258 00:10:43,816 --> 00:10:45,600 they said there's an adult male down there 259 00:10:45,644 --> 00:10:49,692 and what we think to be a teenage blond-haired girl. 260 00:10:50,997 --> 00:10:52,738 Things are going really, really well, 261 00:10:52,782 --> 00:10:55,088 and then the pilot comes across the radio one more time 262 00:10:55,132 --> 00:10:57,917 and says, "Oh, I also see a house cat"-- 263 00:10:57,961 --> 00:10:59,440 a piece of information that I thought 264 00:10:59,484 --> 00:11:01,616 was absolutely ridiculous-- 265 00:11:01,660 --> 00:11:05,229 DiMaggio, Hannah, and a gray cat. 266 00:11:05,272 --> 00:11:07,144 And so now we have all those things 267 00:11:07,187 --> 00:11:08,667 pointing us to that location. 268 00:11:08,711 --> 00:11:09,842 That's where we need to go, 269 00:11:09,886 --> 00:11:11,278 and it trips from an area search 270 00:11:11,322 --> 00:11:12,410 to a deliberate hostage rescue. 271 00:11:16,457 --> 00:11:18,459 - From this point forward, my team became primary 272 00:11:18,503 --> 00:11:21,593 on getting to Morehead Lake and arresting Mr. DiMaggio. 273 00:11:21,636 --> 00:11:23,638 [tense music] 274 00:11:23,682 --> 00:11:25,292 ♪ 275 00:11:25,336 --> 00:11:28,426 They took the five folks that were originally with me. 276 00:11:28,469 --> 00:11:30,515 They gave us a canine and canine operator 277 00:11:30,558 --> 00:11:32,038 and then five snipers. 278 00:11:32,082 --> 00:11:34,171 So it was a total of 11 of us. - Wow. 279 00:11:34,214 --> 00:11:35,520 - One small helicopter-- I believe 280 00:11:35,563 --> 00:11:37,478 it was an Airbus Air Star. 281 00:11:37,522 --> 00:11:39,219 Four people were in that one, and the rest of us were 282 00:11:39,263 --> 00:11:42,005 in a Customs and Border Patrol Black Hawk helicopter. 283 00:11:42,048 --> 00:11:44,572 Immediately, the point man went and started talking 284 00:11:44,616 --> 00:11:46,357 with the helicopter pilots to identify 285 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,447 a landing zone that we could put helicopters in. 286 00:11:49,490 --> 00:11:51,188 Now that's a tricky business, you know. 287 00:11:51,231 --> 00:11:53,451 You don't want to alert DiMaggio to your presence. 288 00:11:53,494 --> 00:11:55,540 You know, you're going to offset considerable distance 289 00:11:55,583 --> 00:11:57,194 so they don't see and preferably 290 00:11:57,237 --> 00:11:58,673 don't hear the helicopters. 291 00:11:58,717 --> 00:12:01,067 Everybody's just focused, hyper focused 292 00:12:01,111 --> 00:12:02,590 on making sure that they have what they need 293 00:12:02,634 --> 00:12:05,376 to get there and do the job. 294 00:12:05,419 --> 00:12:08,509 [dramatic music] 295 00:12:08,553 --> 00:12:15,647 ♪ 296 00:12:15,690 --> 00:12:17,997 And I remember we're coming in, and the pilots 297 00:12:18,041 --> 00:12:19,520 are like, OK, 30 seconds. 298 00:12:19,564 --> 00:12:20,826 And we're like, OK, 30 seconds. 299 00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:24,699 ♪ 300 00:12:24,743 --> 00:12:27,354 And then we see where we were supposed to land, 301 00:12:27,398 --> 00:12:29,574 and then we just keep going. 302 00:12:29,617 --> 00:12:31,010 They said we can't land there. 303 00:12:31,054 --> 00:12:32,533 - They just decided at that point-- 304 00:12:32,577 --> 00:12:33,752 - It was untenable for the large helicopter. 305 00:12:33,796 --> 00:12:34,840 They couldn't get the helicopter 306 00:12:34,884 --> 00:12:36,102 down onto the ground. 307 00:12:36,146 --> 00:12:37,277 - Are you feeling anxious at this point? 308 00:12:37,321 --> 00:12:38,626 - Absolutely, right? 309 00:12:38,670 --> 00:12:40,846 We need to get moving. 310 00:12:40,890 --> 00:12:42,717 We continue just to fly, and they picked a spot 311 00:12:42,761 --> 00:12:44,328 on the ground somewhere else. 312 00:12:44,371 --> 00:12:48,985 They landed us on a small ridge off of a summit. 313 00:12:49,028 --> 00:12:54,860 ♪ 314 00:12:54,904 --> 00:12:56,862 And for the first 45 minutes to an hour, 315 00:12:56,906 --> 00:12:58,646 it was straight uphill. 316 00:12:58,690 --> 00:13:01,867 Very, very difficult. We're in camouflage uniforms. 317 00:13:01,911 --> 00:13:05,740 You'll have body armor, a rifle, pistol, 318 00:13:05,784 --> 00:13:08,047 helmet, night vision goggles, ammunition, 319 00:13:08,091 --> 00:13:10,920 and then various other types of equipment 320 00:13:10,963 --> 00:13:12,399 based on what your role is. 321 00:13:12,443 --> 00:13:15,663 At that time, I weighed about 200 pounds, 322 00:13:15,707 --> 00:13:17,840 and with all my tactical assault kit 323 00:13:17,883 --> 00:13:21,278 and I weighed about 265, so pretty hefty. 324 00:13:21,321 --> 00:13:23,671 And it was warm, and in the first minute and a half, 325 00:13:23,715 --> 00:13:26,544 you're just like, oh, man, this is gonna really be hard. 326 00:13:26,587 --> 00:13:28,198 - Hm. - People don't understand. 327 00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:29,677 It's like, well, why is HRT going out to Colorado 328 00:13:29,721 --> 00:13:31,157 to the mountains to train? 329 00:13:31,201 --> 00:13:32,593 Well, if I have to hike in the mountains, 330 00:13:32,637 --> 00:13:34,030 I need to be in the mountains to train. 331 00:13:34,073 --> 00:13:35,335 - Right. 332 00:13:35,379 --> 00:13:36,771 - And so you fall back on that training. 333 00:13:36,815 --> 00:13:38,251 In the end, it all falls back to the training. 334 00:13:38,295 --> 00:13:40,079 And so you're like, yep, this is gonna suck. 335 00:13:40,123 --> 00:13:41,472 I know it's gonna suck. 336 00:13:41,515 --> 00:13:42,995 But, hey, I've trained, and I can do this. 337 00:13:43,039 --> 00:13:44,867 And you just put your head down and go. 338 00:13:46,085 --> 00:13:48,435 So the point man immediately calculated that we had 339 00:13:48,479 --> 00:13:51,047 about three miles to move over land. 340 00:13:53,136 --> 00:13:57,053 It's Now about 3:00 in the afternoon, 341 00:13:57,096 --> 00:14:00,360 And we know we have till 5:00, 5:30 before it gets dark 342 00:14:00,404 --> 00:14:02,188 and we can anticipate them getting 343 00:14:02,232 --> 00:14:03,798 into the tent for the evening. 344 00:14:03,842 --> 00:14:04,930 - Does this feel different because it's a child? 345 00:14:04,974 --> 00:14:06,192 - Absolutely. 346 00:14:06,236 --> 00:14:07,367 A lot of these abduction cases don't 347 00:14:07,411 --> 00:14:08,542 end favorably for children. 348 00:14:08,586 --> 00:14:09,848 - You have a daughter. 349 00:14:09,892 --> 00:14:11,110 You have family. 350 00:14:11,154 --> 00:14:12,416 What are you thinking at this point? 351 00:14:12,459 --> 00:14:14,722 - My job is to go there and get her back. 352 00:14:14,766 --> 00:14:17,334 And as a parent, I think of my daughter. 353 00:14:17,377 --> 00:14:19,814 And I was like, well, you know, I'd want someone 354 00:14:19,858 --> 00:14:21,686 to come help find my daughter if she 355 00:14:21,729 --> 00:14:22,905 was in a situation like this. 356 00:14:22,948 --> 00:14:24,123 So, yeah, it becomes personal. 357 00:14:24,167 --> 00:14:25,603 There's a time and a place 358 00:14:25,646 --> 00:14:26,821 when you think about your family, 359 00:14:26,865 --> 00:14:29,389 but you've gotta keep your world small. 360 00:14:29,433 --> 00:14:31,217 You have to focus on the task at hand. 361 00:14:31,261 --> 00:14:34,003 Bottom line is there's only a few things that I can control. 362 00:14:34,046 --> 00:14:36,266 That's my thoughts, my words, and my actions, 363 00:14:36,309 --> 00:14:38,529 and everything else is superfluous. 364 00:14:38,572 --> 00:14:40,313 So we establish what's called the ORP, 365 00:14:40,357 --> 00:14:41,836 an objective rally point. 366 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,448 That's the last position that, collectively, 367 00:14:44,491 --> 00:14:47,233 we were all together prior to moving to the crisis site. 368 00:14:47,277 --> 00:14:48,539 - And were you getting updates? - Yep. 369 00:14:48,582 --> 00:14:49,932 So the airplane's still overhead 370 00:14:49,975 --> 00:14:51,237 providing us with that sort of 371 00:14:51,281 --> 00:14:52,978 real-time tactical intelligence. 372 00:14:53,022 --> 00:14:54,719 - So can you see the plane? You? 373 00:14:54,762 --> 00:14:56,155 - Oh, yeah. - OK. 374 00:14:56,199 --> 00:14:57,200 So do you think they can see the plane? 375 00:14:57,243 --> 00:14:58,201 Are you wondering? - Yeah. 376 00:14:58,244 --> 00:15:00,943 Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Yes. 377 00:15:00,986 --> 00:15:02,770 - What kind of things are they telling you? 378 00:15:02,814 --> 00:15:05,077 - They're telling us, like, where the tent is on the lake, 379 00:15:05,121 --> 00:15:07,123 what DiMaggio is doing, 380 00:15:07,166 --> 00:15:09,255 what Hannah's doing, sort of like, 381 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:11,170 OK, he's down by the lake 382 00:15:11,214 --> 00:15:12,824 and Hannah's next to him at the lake. 383 00:15:12,867 --> 00:15:14,521 And then he's back at the tent, 384 00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:17,089 and just painting a picture for us to better understand 385 00:15:17,133 --> 00:15:19,048 what we're coming into when we get to the crisis site. 386 00:15:19,091 --> 00:15:21,137 [ominous music] 387 00:15:21,180 --> 00:15:22,790 The sniper team leader and I kind of 388 00:15:22,834 --> 00:15:24,140 developed a hasty plan. 389 00:15:24,183 --> 00:15:26,490 So the snipers were gonna move to the west side 390 00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:28,361 of the lake and see if they could establish 391 00:15:28,405 --> 00:15:31,538 sniper observer positions on the west side of the lake 392 00:15:31,582 --> 00:15:33,888 looking back across the lake to the north, 393 00:15:33,932 --> 00:15:36,891 to give them line of sight to provide intelligence. 394 00:15:36,935 --> 00:15:38,763 And then my group, we were going 395 00:15:38,806 --> 00:15:41,505 to continue moving east below the lake and then move 396 00:15:41,548 --> 00:15:44,508 from south to north, up to the lake. 397 00:15:44,551 --> 00:15:46,553 There is nothing like a guy on a sniper scope 398 00:15:46,597 --> 00:15:50,340 that's covering your advance to the target, right? 399 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:52,777 So if there's a threat to Hannah at this point, 400 00:15:52,820 --> 00:15:54,387 or a threat to one of us-- - Mm-hmm. 401 00:15:54,431 --> 00:15:56,781 - They can solve that problem very, very easily. 402 00:15:56,824 --> 00:15:58,217 If you were going to devise 403 00:15:58,261 --> 00:16:00,350 the worst possible hostage rescue, 404 00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:03,483 this would be a good contender because it was daylight, 405 00:16:03,527 --> 00:16:05,877 uphill, 406 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,227 to a potentially armed and dangerous subject. 407 00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:10,316 We'd covered maybe 100 meters or so, 408 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:11,926 and then I heard over the radio, 409 00:16:11,970 --> 00:16:13,667 "Freeze, freeze, freeze." 410 00:16:13,711 --> 00:16:16,235 If you're in mid-step, you don't even finish that step. 411 00:16:16,279 --> 00:16:19,717 The sniper team leader is relaying to me over the radio 412 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,373 that, hey, DiMaggio is away from the campsite. 413 00:16:23,416 --> 00:16:27,029 He looks like he's collecting firewood. 414 00:16:27,072 --> 00:16:29,335 And so we stop what we're doing. 415 00:16:29,379 --> 00:16:31,250 We all take positions of cover. 416 00:16:31,294 --> 00:16:32,947 30 meters through the trees and through the underbrush, 417 00:16:32,991 --> 00:16:35,254 I can see this movement where DiMaggio is. 418 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:40,955 And then he's off back towards the campsite. 419 00:16:40,999 --> 00:16:43,915 So then, the airplane overhead, he says, 420 00:16:43,958 --> 00:16:45,482 "Oh, he's back at the campsite," 421 00:16:45,525 --> 00:16:48,572 and then we can see smoke coming up through the trees. 422 00:16:48,615 --> 00:16:52,097 So now we know, OK, that's where the tent is, 423 00:16:52,141 --> 00:16:54,099 and that's where we need to go. 424 00:16:54,143 --> 00:16:57,668 And then the pilots came over the radio and said, 425 00:16:57,711 --> 00:16:59,539 Hannah is down by the lake. 426 00:16:59,583 --> 00:17:03,630 She's as far away from DiMaggio as we've seen her from him. 427 00:17:03,674 --> 00:17:06,458 [dramatic music] 428 00:17:06,503 --> 00:17:08,244 So that was the impetus behind us saying, 429 00:17:08,286 --> 00:17:09,853 OK, now is the time. 430 00:17:09,897 --> 00:17:12,204 So I gave a command-- execute, execute, execute, 431 00:17:12,247 --> 00:17:14,598 and all four of the guys in front got up 432 00:17:14,641 --> 00:17:17,079 and we just started advancing on the crisis site. 433 00:17:18,689 --> 00:17:21,300 And then I hear small caliber firearm discharge. 434 00:17:21,343 --> 00:17:22,519 [gunshots pop] 435 00:17:22,562 --> 00:17:24,085 - What's that sound like? 436 00:17:24,129 --> 00:17:25,957 - Sounds like bundle of sticks snapping. 437 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,785 That's DiMaggio opening fire, 438 00:17:27,828 --> 00:17:30,657 and then immediately, I hear return fire 439 00:17:30,701 --> 00:17:32,442 that I know is our guys. 440 00:17:32,485 --> 00:17:34,400 [gunshots pop] 441 00:17:34,444 --> 00:17:35,401 I immediately just start running 442 00:17:35,445 --> 00:17:36,663 as fast as I possibly can 443 00:17:36,707 --> 00:17:39,144 straight towards the crisis site. 444 00:17:39,188 --> 00:17:42,321 Probably covered 20 or 30 meters, 445 00:17:42,365 --> 00:17:44,280 and I popped out into sort of a clearing 446 00:17:44,323 --> 00:17:45,759 and I could see the lake. 447 00:17:45,803 --> 00:17:47,805 And off to my right, I heard Hannah screaming. 448 00:17:47,848 --> 00:17:49,720 But our first priority obviously 449 00:17:49,763 --> 00:17:51,504 is to deal with the subject. 450 00:17:51,548 --> 00:17:54,899 So I turn to my left, close that distance down, 451 00:17:54,942 --> 00:17:57,728 and come upon DiMaggio who is at the campsite 452 00:17:57,771 --> 00:17:58,903 laying on his back. 453 00:17:58,946 --> 00:18:00,252 He was dead. 454 00:18:00,296 --> 00:18:02,167 So he had been shot numerous times. 455 00:18:02,211 --> 00:18:03,603 Told the guys there, hey, secure him 456 00:18:03,647 --> 00:18:05,127 so we're going to handcuff him regardless, 457 00:18:05,170 --> 00:18:07,172 you know, just part of the procedure. 458 00:18:07,216 --> 00:18:10,001 And I said, let's begin securing the crime scene. 459 00:18:10,044 --> 00:18:11,698 And I ran back over to Hannah. 460 00:18:11,742 --> 00:18:14,658 [tense music] 461 00:18:14,701 --> 00:18:16,877 ♪ 462 00:18:16,921 --> 00:18:18,662 By this time, the other two guys that were with us were 463 00:18:18,705 --> 00:18:20,359 providing medical aid. 464 00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:22,144 I said, hey, how is she, 465 00:18:22,187 --> 00:18:23,884 and they're like, we think she's fine. 466 00:18:23,928 --> 00:18:25,451 So no visible injuries. 467 00:18:25,495 --> 00:18:30,195 And she was incredibly, incredibly agitated. 468 00:18:30,239 --> 00:18:32,763 I took a very hard look at the subject, 469 00:18:32,806 --> 00:18:35,679 and I was not quite sure that it was DiMaggio. 470 00:18:35,722 --> 00:18:36,941 - Why is that? 471 00:18:36,984 --> 00:18:39,204 - So his face was very gaunt. 472 00:18:39,248 --> 00:18:41,119 We've seen this in the past with folks that are 473 00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:44,992 suffering from mental issues. 474 00:18:45,036 --> 00:18:46,603 It made me question whether it was him. 475 00:18:46,646 --> 00:18:48,953 And I looked and I looked and I looked and I said OK. 476 00:18:48,996 --> 00:18:51,303 So I ran back, and I said, "Hannah, who is that?" 477 00:18:51,347 --> 00:18:52,696 She goes, "That's Jim DiMaggio. 478 00:18:52,739 --> 00:18:54,480 Well, how is he?" 479 00:18:54,524 --> 00:18:56,700 I said, "Don't worry about him. 480 00:18:56,743 --> 00:18:58,615 He's not gonna hurt you anymore." 481 00:18:58,658 --> 00:19:00,182 So one of the things that you have 482 00:19:00,225 --> 00:19:01,357 to understand in these situations 483 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,880 is the bad guy has a say and-- 484 00:19:02,923 --> 00:19:04,142 - Absolutely. 485 00:19:04,186 --> 00:19:07,189 - He chose, and he chose poorly. 486 00:19:09,626 --> 00:19:10,670 - What about Hannah? 487 00:19:10,714 --> 00:19:12,150 What is she doing at this point? 488 00:19:12,194 --> 00:19:14,239 - She visibly started to calm down. 489 00:19:14,283 --> 00:19:16,807 And I said, "Hey, Hannah, we're gonna get you 490 00:19:16,850 --> 00:19:19,505 "out of here really quickly. 491 00:19:19,549 --> 00:19:21,638 "Is there anything here that's yours 492 00:19:21,681 --> 00:19:23,596 that you wanna take with you?" 493 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,729 And she says, oh, yes, there's a pair of jeans over there. 494 00:19:25,772 --> 00:19:27,731 And so one of the guys crawls in the tent, 495 00:19:27,774 --> 00:19:29,254 and he's like, these? 496 00:19:29,298 --> 00:19:31,865 So I grab them, and I said, Hannah, are these yours? 497 00:19:31,909 --> 00:19:34,041 And she goes no, no, no, these are my mom's. 498 00:19:34,085 --> 00:19:35,608 How's my mom and my brother? 499 00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:37,567 - Mm. 500 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:39,264 I mean, here's this young woman who's just been 501 00:19:39,308 --> 00:19:40,744 through this crazy ordeal. 502 00:19:40,787 --> 00:19:42,659 These, you know, guys pop out of the woods, 503 00:19:42,702 --> 00:19:43,964 and they get in a gunfight. 504 00:19:44,008 --> 00:19:45,488 He was dead. - Right. 505 00:19:45,531 --> 00:19:46,924 - And, you know, she's trying to process all this 506 00:19:46,967 --> 00:19:48,273 and all she wants to do is get the jeans 507 00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:49,927 so she can give them back to her mom, right? 508 00:19:49,970 --> 00:19:53,365 - When she was saying that about her mom, 509 00:19:53,409 --> 00:19:55,324 what were you feeling at that point? 510 00:19:55,367 --> 00:19:57,935 - Just I felt-- 511 00:19:57,978 --> 00:19:59,763 I was crushed. 512 00:19:59,806 --> 00:20:01,982 I said, hey, Hannah, we'll figure out 513 00:20:02,026 --> 00:20:03,984 about your mom and your brother further down the line. 514 00:20:04,028 --> 00:20:05,769 Our goal is to get you off this mountain as safely 515 00:20:05,812 --> 00:20:07,814 and as quickly as we possibly can. 516 00:20:07,858 --> 00:20:10,687 Radioed back to the operation center, helicopter's en route, 517 00:20:10,730 --> 00:20:12,732 and it comes in. 518 00:20:12,776 --> 00:20:14,560 And I said, "Hey, Hannah, have you ever been 519 00:20:14,604 --> 00:20:15,779 on a helicopter before?" 520 00:20:15,822 --> 00:20:17,302 She said no. 521 00:20:17,346 --> 00:20:18,303 I said, "OK, make sure you look around. 522 00:20:18,347 --> 00:20:19,913 It's pretty cool." 523 00:20:19,957 --> 00:20:21,567 And, you know, she visibly got excited and, you know, 524 00:20:21,611 --> 00:20:22,699 actually saw a smile on her face. 525 00:20:22,742 --> 00:20:24,091 That made me feel good. 526 00:20:25,745 --> 00:20:27,617 The helicopter comes in. 527 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:29,923 We run up there and get her strapped in. 528 00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:32,186 And helicopter takes off, and that's the last time 529 00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:34,493 I saw Hannah Anderson. 530 00:20:34,537 --> 00:20:36,408 - What happened to the kitty? 531 00:20:36,452 --> 00:20:37,801 - Sure enough, that night, 532 00:20:37,844 --> 00:20:39,193 they were securing the crime scene. 533 00:20:39,237 --> 00:20:41,326 The cat wandered back into the tent, 534 00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:43,241 and they rescued the cat as well. 535 00:20:45,939 --> 00:20:48,855 [somber music] 536 00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:55,819 ♪ 537 00:21:01,433 --> 00:21:03,435 - Chuck, you've worked all kinds of cases. 538 00:21:03,479 --> 00:21:05,872 What makes this case stand out 539 00:21:05,916 --> 00:21:07,874 amongst all the cases that you've done? 540 00:21:07,918 --> 00:21:11,443 - When you have the ability to save somebody 541 00:21:11,487 --> 00:21:13,402 who finds themselves in this horrible set of circumstances 542 00:21:13,445 --> 00:21:15,142 through no fault of their own, 543 00:21:15,186 --> 00:21:18,320 it's a tremendously rewarding experience. 544 00:21:18,363 --> 00:21:21,845 Nothing prepares you for that elation. 545 00:21:21,888 --> 00:21:23,803 When I put her on that helicopter 546 00:21:23,847 --> 00:21:26,023 and that helicopter flew away, I mean, 547 00:21:26,066 --> 00:21:28,373 I was overwhelmed, overwhelmed with positive emotion 548 00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:30,897 and you successfully accomplished the mission. 549 00:21:30,941 --> 00:21:36,381 And the idea that as horrible as this circumstance was, 550 00:21:36,425 --> 00:21:38,992 we gave Hannah at least a future.