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Nermeen khalifa, adam and jason, and their grandmother, afaf khalifa were landing in cairo. untouchable. confirmation would finally come at the most unlikely time. >> oh, yeah. i received a call from adam right after 9/11, and he said, "im not in america anymore. im not even in new york." because he thought new york was a separate country. he was only 4 years old at the time. he says, "when are you and pop-pop coming to get me?" and i said, "as soon as we can." >> reporter: shannon had every int...

Left. see the picture above the bed? >> they were out of the country before we even knew they were gone. >> reporter: they had gone straight to new york, straight to jfk, straight to egypt air. and before michael shannon had even realized they were gone, nermeen khalifa, adam and jason, and their grandmother, afaf khalifa were landing in cairo. untouchable. confirmation would finally come at the most unlikely time. >> oh, yeah. i received a call from adam right after 9/11, and he said, "im not i...

Im not even in new york," because he thought new york was a separate country. he was only 4 years old at the time. he says, "when are you and pop-pop coming to get me?" and i said, "as soon as we can." >> reporter: shannon had every intention of doing just that. heading to egypt, armed with the law on his side, and bringing his boys home. then he called the state department for help, but officials there said there was nothing they could do. >> youve seen no photos. >> nothing. state department w...

Gone. >> reporter: they had gone straight to new york, straight to jfk, straight to egypt air. and before michael shannon had even realized they were gone, nermeen khalifa, adam and jason, and their grandmother, afaf khalifa were landing in cairo. untouchable. confirmation would finally come at the most unlikely time. >> oh, yeah. i received a call from adam right after 9/11, and he said, "im notn ymore. im not even in new york." because he thoughtew york was a separatecountry. he wnly 4 years o...

Ann arundel county police, and i just knew what had happened. >> look at the one picture she left. see the picture above the bed? >> they were out of the country before we even knew they were gone. >> reporter: they had gone straight to new york, straight to jfk, straight to egypt air. and before michael shannon had even realized they were gone, nermeen khalifa, adam and jason, and their grandmother, afaf khalifa were landing in cairo. untouchable. confirmation would finally come at the most unl...

Gone. >> reporter: they had gone straight to new york, straight to jfk, straight to egypt air. and before michael shannon had even realized they were gone, nermeen khalifa, adam and jason, and their grandmother, afaf khalifa were landing in cairo. untouchable. confirmation would finally come at the most unlikely time. >> oh, yeah. i received a call from adam right after 9/11, and he said, "im not in america anymore. im not even in new york." because he thought new york was a separate country. he...

See the picture above the bed? >> reporter: it was his worst fear. his ex-wife, who had been accused of assault, ordered to attend alcohol and drug treatment and had lost custody of 4-year-old adam, had escaped aided by her wealthy egyptian mother. she had taken his sons to a country where u.s. citizens have few rights in custody battles, egypt. confirmation would come on the most unlikely of days. >> i received a call from adam right after 9/11 and he said im not in america anymore, im not even...

Country. he was only 4 years old at the time. he says when are you and pop-pop coming to get me. and i said as soon as we can. >> reporter: thomas fleckenstein, the states attorney in maryland, says the facts would later reveal adam and jasons grandmother was the co-conspirator of an international kidnapping weeks in the works. >> she came from her home country of egypt, she came here, she participated in the planning of the removal of the children from maryland. she participated in the story th...

What happened? he said there was a truck out here with international moving company. greenmount. i finally got ahold of them, sunday afternoon i called the baltimore county police and i just knew what had happened. look at the one picture she left, see the one picture above the bed? >> reporter: it was his worst fear. his ex-wife, who had been accused of assault, ordered to attend alcohol and drug treatment and had lost custody of 4-year-old adam, had escaped aided by her wealthy egyptian mother...

She had taken his sons to a country where u.s. citizens have few rights in custody battles, egypt. confirmation would come on the most unlikely of days. >> i received a call from adam right after 9/11 and he said im not in america anymore, im not even in new york, because he thought new york was a separate country. he was only 4 years old at the time. he says when are you and pop-pop coming to get me. and i said as soon as we can. >> reporter: thomas fleckenstein, the states attorney in maryland...