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Spotted hannah anderson and her captor, james dimaggio. >> so we circled the lake a few times and didn't 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 tent until we had it covered by ground units and make sure that we determined for sure if it was or...

Safely. >> reporter: and then another clue, dimaggio's 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 hannah. the suspect is deceased. >> it is not clear what hannah saw of his end. >> less than 36 hours s...

And they was just like a square peg going into a round hole, they didn't hit. he might have been an outdoorsman in california but he was not an outdoorsman in idaho and he didn't 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 dimaggio's 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 confrontation. >> but the steep terrain forced helicopters to dropped hostage

They're the premiere hostage rescue team and tactical team in the country. they don't 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. i'm sure it was a major team effort, but the hostage rescue team is really top notch. >> we're 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 tactical agent, again, the one who got the suspect and then -- jim? >> yeah, the tactical teams, th...

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 one. it is the way law enforcement is working and i am glad it see it with this collaboration that ...