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See the picture above the bed? >> reporter: it was his worst fear. his ex-wife, who had been accused of assault, ordered to attend alcohol and drug treatment and had lost custody of 4-year-old adam, had escaped aided by her wealthy egyptian mother. she had taken his sons to a country where u.s. citizens have few rights in custody battles, egypt. confirmation would come on the most unlikely of days. >> i received a call from adam right after 9/11 and he said i'm not in america anymore, i'm not even in new york, because he thought new york was a separate country. he was only 4 years old at the t...

Country. he was only 4 years old at the time. he says when are you and pop-pop coming to get me. and i said as soon as we can. >> reporter: thomas fleckenstein, the state's attorney in maryland, says the facts would later reveal adam and jason's grandmother was the co-conspirator of an international kidnapping weeks in the works. >> she came from her home country of egypt, she came here, she participated in the planning of the removal of the children from maryland. she participated in the story that was told to the father. it was well planned. it was well planned. >> reporter: it had to be. mi...

She had taken his sons to a country where u.s. citizens have few rights in custody battles, egypt. confirmation would come on the most unlikely of days. >> i received a call from adam right after 9/11 and he said i'm not in america anymore, i'm not even in new york, because he thought new york was a separate country. he was only 4 years old at the time. he says when are you and pop-pop coming to get me. and i said as soon as we can. >> reporter: thomas fleckenstein, the state's attorney in maryland, says the facts would later reveal adam and jason's grandmother was the co-conspirator of an int...