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Months. apparently joshua had shown up at the foster home where these kids were living and tried to take them at gunpoint but failed. and then ultimately both of these parents just found out tuesday that they've been stripped of their parental rights. do the police actually think they're trying to cross the gulf of mexico and leave the country? >> the police aren't saying much about that. but this morning when i talked to that deputy, he said he reached out really to the family. they wanted to reach out through the media. they said at this point they don't have any reason to believe that the k...

Completing their ultimate journey. the children were right there at the time all of that was going down. so, yes, they lost custody at the time. but fast forward to wednesday. police say joshua hacken broke into his mother-in-law's home and tied her up. that's where the boys have been staying. he ran off with those children. and that's when the grandmother was able to make this call to 911. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> i can't think. my son-in-law just kidnapped my two grandchildren. they've been in my state custody. >> i want to get right to sara ganim following the story for us in miam...

Family is heavy along with all of her cohorts and colleagues here in afghanistan. >> yeah, understandable. back here at home, there's a search underway in the gulf of mexico right now for a man suspected of kidnapping two young boys, and you might be surprised to see who the suspect isser. charles, it's a father kidnapping her children? >> reporter: that's right, alex. a search by land, sea and air continues all along the gulf coast for a father who police say kidnapped his own children and then planned an elaborate get away. the coast guard today is searching the gulf of mexico for a 25-yea...

Grandmother after tying her up in her home. >> he tied me up. i was able to free myself with a pair of scissors but they had been gone about a half an who. >> security cameras at the marina show the family boarding the boat and sailing away on wednesday. by the time the police made the connection, they say they could have made it 100 miles away or more. but the search by land is not over. >> i wouldn't put it past them to pull it into one of these coves and into a vehicle. >> investigators say joshua hacken knows how to operate a boat and they believe he planned the get away. his pickup was fo...