>> reporter: sanjay, it's harsh living conditions and it's a very harsh battleground that they came out of. we were talking to the father of a little 12-year-old boy. while he was telling us about how they had to drive out with tank rounds raining down around them, artillery falling, his son standing next to him began to cry and he was trying to hide this. he cradled his pet in his arms. he didn't want us to see his tears. his father said that he's becoming typical behavior for him, just up able to control his emotions, the psychological impact that this has been having on him. this particular family told us about running street battles. another young man who we spoke to was talking about how five of his neighbors, young men themselves, were taken out of their homes forcibly by gadhafi's forces. a number of people were telling us how gadhafi's troops were calling on civilians to come out insisting it was safe and then firing on them when they tried