sullivan community college, and he called me and he said, howie, it s true. it s true. and i remember saying, oh, my god, this is a great story. this is a memorable, heart warming story. and then the story went from being amazing to incredible, okay. from amazing to incredible. i was on the new york subway late at night. read an article about two boys who found each other that were twins, separated at birth, and found each other at sullivan county community college. there was no picture, but the story was fascinating. i came home and went to sleep. my mother came into the room and said, wake up, wake up, i have to show you something. and she shows me a newspaper
scale. this is exactly what the partition had been intended to avoid. do people here still have families over there? uday: yeah they do. when the line was drawn, they were really just split into half. there are some houses where you enter from india and you exit from pakistan. anthony: really. wow. uday: this part of punjab, and that part of punjab, they were one state. so, the culture, the eating habits, it was just very similar. anthony: well it s a popular metaphor for india. pakistan is twins, separated at birth. uday: when they were twins, i mean it was one country. you can say dismembered. you know if you cut a body in two, they re not gonna become twins. anthony: right. uday: so it s sad, you know? you can see them, i mean they re doing the same work as you re doing, they dress the same, they look the same. but then, you can t talk to them. anthony: it is an ongoing struggle, an enduring cause of
our thanks to cnn sara sidner. it s a story that will leave you a bit confused, asking for some answers, three complete strangers who found out 19 years later that they were all separated at birth. i sat down with the director of this cnn film, three identical strangers. you ll want to see this. pposed . i thought, i should try something that works. i should try nicorette. nicorette mini relieves sudden cravings fast. anytime. anywhere. nicorette mini. you know why. we know how. nicorette mini. you ll make my morning, buty the price ruin my day.ou? complicated relationship with milk? pour on the lactaid, 100% real milk, just without that annoying lactose. mmm, that s good.
and the three of them ended up like puppies wrestling on the floor. it was the most incredible it was the most incredible thing. they belong to each other. they knew each other. there was no formal introduction. i mean, when you meet somebody for the first time, you don t end up rolling around on the floor with them. it was truly not fully believable, even though it was happening. it was still surreal. joining me is the director of three identical strangers tim wurdle. thank you so much such an incredible story. you did a good job with it. and we saw a small piece there in the clip. without spoiling, everyone wants to know, how did it happen? why? and so on. what can you tell us? well, what i can tell you, don, it s the story of three brothers, triplets, separated at birth, raised by three families, completely unaware of each
why? and so on. what can you tell us? well, what i can tell you, don, it s the sisttory of three brothers, triplets, separated at birth, raised by three families, completely unaware of each other s existence who reunite by coincidence in 1980 new york when they re 19. the film then explores what happens next, that they become famous and go on lots of talks shows but also goes back in time to explore the very sinister reasons behind their separation. and i want to talk more about that. i actually do remember them from the talk show circuit, you know, from awhile ago. but it is a heartwarming story. but as you said, you call it sinister. there s a serious investigation into some disturbing secrets. it had to be challenging to put all these pieces together and to find out what happened to these boys. it was really challenging, partially because beyond their initial reunion, there wasn t that much information about them