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Friends, which all of us take for granted, but while bowe was gone, he was never forgotten. >> cheryl brandis, you lost your son. >> yes. >> matthew. >> matthew, yeah. >> how old was matthew? >> matthew was 20 years old. >> and you lost -- he lost his life searching for that sergeant? >> yes, he did. >> now that all this has come out, i can't think of anything worse than losing a child. i have two kids myself. it's the worse thing that can happen. >> absolutely. >> what is your reaction to all this? >> i'm over -- i'm outraged. i'm overwhelmed with emotions. just with the thought of him being ...

Devoted himself full-time to studying the world his son is now living in. >> trying to write or read the language. i probably spend four hours a day reading on the region on the history. >> bob even grew out a beard in solidarity and spoke directly to bowe's captors. >> to the people of afghanistan, may the peace of god and the blessings that come from god be upon you. >> he had not given up hope. >> a father does not leave his son alone on the battlefield. >> apparently, neither had his son. >> physically fit. and, you know, can do squats. >> some time in 2011, bergdahl managed to escape. rep...

So he was really about touching up and getting as much knowledge. so he would take two or three classes, even if it was with the younger children. he was interested in learning as much as he could. >> a characterization you hear over and over again when talking to friends of bergdahl in idaho's sun valley where yellow ribbons are everywhere. some faded from five long years in the sun. the rest of the country may be divided over bergdahl's release, but here, there is palpable relief. >> he'll get a great welcome, i'm sure of it. >> a local police chief and friend of the bergdahl family. he says...

♪ ♪ bowe bergdahl was built in march of 1986 home schooling, bowe had a somewhat uneventful childhood working odd jobs as a teenager and getting his ged before enrolling in ballet school. >> he likes to explore different cultures. he was constantly learning different languages. >> reporter: in 2008 with the wars in iraq and afghanistan going strong, he enrolls in the army. by 2009 his platoon is in afghanistan. three months later, his fellow soldiers say he walks off the base, unannounced and unarmed. >> we heard straight across that radio and straight through the interpreter's lips, there...

Bergdahl's parents bob and jani. >> for them, for a lot of peo e people. >> family friend walt femling remembers those first few days as they absorb the terrible news. >> both of them hadn't slept for two or three days. it was rough on jani. they were really just praying a lot that bowe would be released and come home. >> for six months, their prayers were left unanswered until the taliban released another video of their son. this time on christmas day dressed in his fatigues, he delivered a critique of american foreign policy. >> did he or even should he trust those who send us the -- >> acco...