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Railroad of sorts. >> hey, i have an update on a possible home so i want to go through your intake briefly. >> tanya toole is the founding director of holding out help. shes ruths counterpart in salt lake and ex-fdls members call her when theyre looking for a place to land outside of short creek. tanya and her team have helped thousands of ex-flds transition into the real world. >> how did you get involved with all of this? >> we learned we couldnt turn a blind eye to this. the crazier that warr...

17-year-old girl still inside the flds. ruth is bringing her a computer and movies, windows to the outside world. who is this girl were going to meet? >> she is a minor and shes not able to get out yet on her own. she has a very low education in that she would so like to further that and be part of high school, do sports, things like that, but the problem is is that she cant get out. shes just afraid of, one, she doesnt want to go to hell and thats what their religion teaches if she leaves, and ...

Discovered? >> i really dont know. >> are you having a lot of confusion about things right now? >> yeah. >> well, its a -- freedom is nice. >> see ya. >> bye. >> do you think she was nervous talking with us just now? >> yeah, i think she was. >> youre exposing her to the outside world. >> exactly. exactly. >> but i feel like its my obligation to help them see more options out there, and if they want out, then we can get them out. >> the fact the young flds girl still communicates with ruth indic...

>> i dont expect a collapse at all. i think it will continue to be one by one as men come to some resolution in their heart with what they want to do. >> people are left hanging without information. they are stuck in a time warp. they dont progress. how do you break that? thats the big question. ♪ >> but one person in town is trying to expose the flds to the outside world. ruth olson is an advocate for a non-profit called holding out help and today shes showing me the challenges of getting out...

Saying -- telling her the car shes in. so we just saw the car that she said she was in. and then it disappeared. i saw it go that way. there she is. >> okay. im going to go talk with her first. >> okay. >> so the girl ruth is meeting is parked right to my right. we dont want to shoot her car because we dont want the vehicle to be identified. but ruth is now asking if i can at least meet her and she might agree to have a little chat on camera. but its very, very risky, so well see. these are the ...

17-year-old girl still inside the flds. ruth is bringing her a computer and movies, windows to the outside world. who is this girl were going to meet? >> she is a minor and shes not able to get out yet on her own. she has a very low education in that she would so like to further that and be part of high school, do sports, things like that, but the problem is is that she cant get out. shes just afraid of, one, she doesnt want to go to hell and thats what their religion teaches if she leaves, and ...

Last week. learned how to swim yesterday. >> wow. and would you just not have been able to swim. >> we were taught not to. >> why? >> we were taught that the devil has control of the waters. any waters. >> what did you think of the outside world and the world everybody else lived in? >> i thought everybody was corrupt. that was the picture he painted. i have been amazed at how much good there is. just having a few people who care about me is whats keeping me going. >> now when roy is down, he ha...

And then get out. so shes going to come up. >> hi, how are you? im lisa, nice to meet you. ive seen this, this is a great movie. youre going to love it. >> thanks. >> here is the big box. do you want me to open it? >> i have a box. >> youre okay? >> yeah. >> what would happen if this is discovered? >> i really dont know. >> are you having a lot of confusion about things right now? >> yeah. >> well, its a -- freedom is nice. >> see ya. >> bye. >> do you think she was nervous talking with us just ...

Director of holding out help. shes ruths counterpart in salt lake and they call her when theyre looking for a place to land outside of short creek. tanya and her team have helped thousands of ex-flds transition into the real world. >> how did you get involved? >> we just cutting turn a blind eye anymore. >> the crazier that warn jeffs was getting, we quickly realized we were going to have an onslaught of people and thats what happened in the last three years. >> to roy and other exiles, tanya ha...

They can feel safe. >> do you have any idea how many people youve helped? >> ive served hundreds of people here. >> ruth and i are on our way to a secret location to meet a 17-year-old girl still inside the flds. ruth is bringing her a computer and movies, windows to the outside world. who is this girl were going to meet? >> she is a minor and not able to get out yet on her own. she has a very low education in that she would so like to further that and be part of high school, do sports, things l...