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They would really just stay at the embassy? is that -- i mean, if you really want an influence on the iraqi military and have them influence the fighting capabilities of these battalions out on the field, dont these special units have to be special forces have to be out with those units in bases in the field? >> anderson, thats a great question. yes, its the difference between what they can do, what their doctrine that they have been taught, their tactics, techniques and procedures and authoriza...

Office, the air support team of deputies mcadoo and nelson. >> we got our gear together that we needed to conduct the hoist rescue, pulled the helicopter out, took off and started heading out there. >> as we were going out there, the first ground units arrived on scene and actually confirmed that they had six people stuck in three different trees. >> when they reached the scene, mcadoo and nelson are surprised at how swollen the river is. >> stuff thats usually dry land was underwater. >> it was...

The ground rescue volunteers and at the kearn county sheriffs office, the air support team of deputies mcadoo and nelson. >> we got our gear together that we needed to conduct the hoist rescue, pulled the helicopter out, took off and started heading out there. >> as we were going out there, the first ground units arrived on scene and actually confirmed that they had six people stuck in three different trees. >> when they reached the scene, mcadoo and nelson are surprised at how swollen the river...

However, theres a very highly populated river that was only about three miles away to their east and theres a lot of rafters and stuff that float down that river. and that was a major concern of ours during the investigation was that maybe they made it to that river and floated out of our area. >> but they didnt. cnns casey wine live in san diego this morning. tell us more, casey. >> reporter: good morning, carol. u.s. marshals were preparing for a very long search in that operation and they wer...

Covered by ground units and make sure that we determined for sure if it was or was not them. because they were spotted so quickly, everybody was kind of taken off guard. we were really trenching ourselves in for a long, drawn out search. >> let me go straight to san diego. casey wyand, you have been all over this story. as were learning more about how she was found, what about the week she was missing? have you learned any details about that? >> well, i can tell you this, brooke. one of the ques...

Spotted hannah anderson and her captor, james dimaggio. >> so we circled the lake a few times and didnt see anything. then all of a sudden there was a little glimmer of blue. then weeshl 25ib8 to see that it was a blue tent. we were able to verify that it was a male and a female with blond hair and a small animal. so at that point we knew we had something extremely valuable. well, there were several things going through my mind. number one, we definitely were not going to take our eyes off that ...

Safely. >> reporter: and then another clue, dimaggios blue nissan verse a was found with no sign of hannah or dimaggio. >> the campsite was spotted from the air and then the ground units were sent into that area which eventually led to the confrontation. >> but the steep terrain forced helicopters to drop hostage rescue teams hours away from the suspected campsite. as they quietly moved in on dimaggio and anderson. they waited until the two separated and then -- >> agents moved in to rescue hann...

And they was just like a square peg going into a round hole, they didnt hit. he might have been an outdoorsman in california but he was not an outdoorsman in idaho and he didnt hit fifth. >> that led hundreds of fbi officers on a tough road. >> we had a 16-year-old girl we wanted to end safely. >> reporter: and dimaggios blue versa found in the wood. and a huge break for searchers. >> the camp site was spotted from the air and ground units were sent into that area, which eventually led to the co...

Theyre the premiere hostage rescue team and tactical team in the country. they dont take credit for what they do. i think they should be given credit because obviously it was a dangerous situation. obviously they successfully subdued the subject and they saved hannah. im sure it was a major team effort, but the hostage rescue team is really top notch. >> were told, jim, that the campsite was spotted from the air, and then this ground unit was sent in. or ground units were sent in and the fbi tac...

Camp site was spotted from the air and then the ground units were is not in the area and led to a confrontation. >> you talk about the communication and can you talk about the interaction and how san diego investigators were involved with what went on up there? >> we is not child abuse investigators and evident technicians up there realizing that we are going to be processing the car and other things. we are in xhupgz as was the fbi. they have been in our office and it is a joint effort from day...