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Introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. a suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. one of the key breaks in the hunt for the boston bombing suspects came after they carjacked a man in cam bridge. he escaped and called the police from a nearby gas station, told them what happened and that his cell phone was still inside the car. tracking that cell phone is what led police to the suspects in watertown. i have exchanged e-mails with that man whose car was hijacked. ...

That man whose car was hijacked. matt lauer actually got to sit down with him and hear his story. he is a 26-year-old chinese entrepreneur who wants to be known only as danny. what you are about to see, his face is concealed and his voice modified. >> its three nights after the bombing. its about 11:00? >> yes. >> you are sitting in your car and what happened? >> i saw someone pull over to the curb just behind me. there was a person on the passenger side. jumped out of the car and they walk to m...

Car. >> he was the guy doing the errands. >> yeah. yeah. >> they loaded things from the second car into your suv, didnt they in. >> they did. >> what did they put in your car? >> i had no idea at that time. >> you know now. >> explosives. >> when you think back that you were driving around in the car with two people who allegedly committed murder, in the back of the car there are explosives, what do you think now? >> i think i was really lucky. god was with me. >> as the night wore on, dannys fr...

Stopped at this gas station. they only took cash? >> they only took cash. dzhokhar got out to pay. there was only one in the car. >> if you are going to escape, it had to be quick. >> yeah. >> what did you have to do? >> i was thinking unfasten my seatbelt and open my door. >> with the left hand you undid your seatbelt then opened the door and took off. >> i took off. >> did he try to grab you? >> he tried to. >> he just missed you? >> just missed me. it was very close. i could feel it. >> danny...

To be scared to death. >> yeah, i was real scared. >> how did you manage to drive? >> at first, i couldnt manage to drive. my body was shaking. tamerlan told me to relax, dont drive too fast. >> danny followed his directs and drove as the younger brother followed in a sedan. tamerlan soon took over the wheel. >> when dzhokhar got in the car, did he say anything to you? >> not too much. he was quiet. >> did you get a sense from the way they interacted with each other they were equals in. >> i thi...

>> you answered the phone? what did your roommate ask you? >> he was talking in chinese, danny, where are you? >> you couldnt answer because he threatened to kill you. >> im going to sleep at my friends place tonight. what? why you speak english to me. >> i have to go. >> why dont you think they killed you? >> i dont know. >> do you think its because you werent american? >> thats not the only reason. we had a lot of conversation. i make him feel that wont do anything stupid. >> he made his move ...

>> what did you have to do? >> i was thinking unfasten my seatbelt and open my door. >> with the left hand you undid your seatbelt then opened the door and took off. >> i took off. >> did he try to grab you? >> he tried to. >> he just missed you? >> just missed me. it was very close. i could feel it. >> danny ran into a different gas station and called 911. he told police they could track the suspects through his navigation system and the iphone he left behind. have you thought because that happ...

>> did you think at that moment thrks is the guy the fbi is looking for? >> no. i thought it was a different guy from a picture. >> he asked you a question, didnt he? had you been following the news about the bombings. >> i said i did. >> you take off driving, you had to be scared to death. >> yeah, i was real scared. >> how did you manage to drive? >> at first, i couldnt manage to drive. my body was shaking. tamerlan told me to relax, dont drive too fast. >> danny followed his directs and drove...

Other they were equals in. >> i think dzhokhar is a follower. >> why do you say that? >> because dzhokhar went out to the atm. tamerlan never get out of the car. >> he was the guy doing the errands. >> yeah. yeah. >> they loaded things from the second car into your suv, didnt they in. >> they did. >> what did they put in your car? >> i had no idea at that time. >> you know now. >> explosives. >> when you think back that you were driving around in the car with two people who allegedly committed m...

>> the phone is going off. did you answer it? >> tamerlan is asking me, who is calling you? i said its my roommate. he took out his gun and said you say any single word in chinese, i will kill you now. >> you answered the phone? what did your roommate ask you? >> he was talking in chinese, danny, where are you? >> you couldnt answer because he threatened to kill you. >> im going to sleep at my friends place tonight. what? why you speak english to me. >> i have to go. >> why dont you think they k...