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Inside with their journey delayed, they gather in one room to do what they were unable to do while in boko haram captivity. i learned they were singing local christian hymns. while in captivity at this their christianity was not tolerated by the boko haram terrorists. >> what have you been doing since you hit nabuja. >> we are very grateful. we are grateful for them. when we are in abuja, we have english class. we learn how to speak english and writing. >> bye. >> reporter: you guys look so diff...

Two years in boko haram captivity back in the fall and just wrapped up a ten-week recovery with the nigerian government. >> our own aisha sesay is on the story. she joins us now from lagos, nigeria. for you someone who has covered this personally for so long, incredibly meaningful. >> reporter: yeah. hi there, don and poppy. incredibly meaningful. just something that will always stay with me, being able to make this journey home with these girls. this was a journey they had been longing to make....

>> [ strained ] general washington... take care of my men. >> i give you my word. your men will be treated with all due consideration by the american army. >> this moment washington is extending a courtesy to his enemies that his enemies clearly had not extended to americans. >> washingtons promise to treat prisoners humanely shows what kind of man he really is and the kind of country he wants america to be. the british hold american prisoners in deplorable conditions, without heat or sanitation...

To help them decompress and adjust, president reagan wanted the newly freed hostages brought to the u.s. military academy at west point, a place mr. reagan held in high regard for its historical significance. >> the idea was to come to west point and have an opportunity outside of the real glare of the cameras to meet up with family members again. >> the hostages landed at stewart air national guard base in new york and rode buses for the short trip to west point. >> one of the things that the i...

Point where they first tasted freedom after more than a year in captivity in a hostile nation. >> they had us all set to go the night before the inauguration. >> they told us pack up. youre ready to go. were going to leave tonight, and theres no way you can sleep when the night that youre being told youre going to be released, and we got -- you know, the sun came up the next morning. we were still there.

Basements. threats of execution were common. >> the iranians were quite, if you will, diabolical about it. >> former foreign service officer don cook was one of the youngest. just 24 when the ordeal began, he remembers the horrors of captivity, the blindfolds, threats of execution, and a near total information blackout. the hostages had no idea that their nation was rallying behind them. no idea that a rescue attempt went horribly wrong in the desert. two aircraft collided in darkness, killing e...

Pennsylvania, where reactor number two had a partial meltdown. >> it was about the worst thing that could possibly happened. >> and horrified americans first learned of the killer clown, john wayne gacy. he was indicted for sexually assaulting and murdering men and boys over a ghastly six-year spree. and on november 4th, a mob of angry iranians described by their government as students overran the u.s. embassy in tehran, taking 66 americans hostage. for most, their captivity would stretch well o...

The world he had forever changed. lindbergh came home a hero to the largest ticker tape parade new york city ever saw, all celebrating the spirit of this daring young man and his spirit of st. louis. a spirit that still flies high every summer weekend at old rhine beck aerodrome. just before thanksgiving in november 1979, 66 americans are kidnapped in iran. well take a look back at the 444 terrifying days they were held hostage, memories of their release, and return 35 years ago from one of th...

>> [ strained ] general washington... take care of my men. >> i give you my word. your men will be treated with all due consideration by the american army. >> this moment washington is extending a courtesy to his enemies that his enemies clearly had not extended to americans. >> washingtons promise to treat prisoners humanely shows what kind of man he really is and the kind of country he wants america to be. the british hold american prisoners in deplorable conditions, without heat or sanitation...

>> [ strained ] general washington... take care of my men. >> i give you my word. your men will be treated with all due consideration by the american army. >> this moment washington is extending a courtesy to his enemies that his enemies clearly had not extended to americans. >> washingtons promise to treat prisoners humanely shows what kind of man he really is and the kind of country he wants america to be. the british hold american prisoners in deplorable conditions, without heat or sanitation...