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I was a young reporter at the "san francisco examiner." that night i got a call, patty hearst had been kidnapped. that just didn't make sense, what did they mean? >> today police were digging bullets out of parked cars and windows and walls all up and down the street. they later found the empty getaway car. it had been stolen and abandoned. police don't have an awful lot of leads but they know this kidnapping was too well organized to be spur of the moment. >> shortly after the kidnapping, obviously this was a big event, and it happened in berkeley. and berkeley has a small police department a...

For days on end with these radical revolutionaries. the fear must have been overwhelming, absolutely overwhelming. >> good evening. patricia hearst has sent her parents a message and her captors have sent them a unique and high priced ransom note. >> there was a crowd outside berkeley radio station as the morning mail was opened. there was a letter, while mr. and mrs. hearst listened in their home, a tape recording was played. >> mom, dad, i'm okay. um, i had a few scrapes and stuff, but they washed them up and they're getting okay, and i'm not being starved or beaten. >> she was alive. obviou...

Patricia hearst has sent her parents a message and her captors have sent them a unique and high-priced ransom note. >> there was a crowd outside berkeley radio station kpfa the morning mail was opened. there was a letter. while mr. and mrs. hearst listened in their hillsborough home, a tape recording was played. >> mom, dad? i'm okay. um -- i -- i had a few scrapes and stuff. but they've washed them up and they're getting okay. i'm not being starved or beaten. >> she was alive. obviously terrified. stressed out. she was talking. but she was clearly, clearly terrorized and uncertain of her situ...

>> february 4th, 1974. i was a young reporter at the "san francisco examiner." that night i got a call, patty hearst had been kidnapped. it just didn't make sense, what did they mean? >> today police were digging bullets out of parked cars and windows and walls all up and down the street. they later found the getaway car. it had been stolen and abandoned. police didn't have an awful lot of leads but they know this kidnapping was too well organized to be spur of the moment. >> shortly after the kidnapping, obviously this was a big event and it happened in berkeley, berkeley has a small police d...

>> i mean what would you do? you're in your apartment one minute and the next minute you're in a closet blindfolded for days on end with these radical revolutionaries. the fear must have been overwhelming, absolutely overwhelming. >> good evening. patricia hearst has sent her parents a message and her captors have sent them a unique and high priced ransom note. >> there was a crowd outside berkeley radio station as the morning mail was opened. there was a letter. newsmen rushed in to hear it read on the air. then while mr. and mrs. hearst lived in their hillsborough home, a tape recording was ...