alabama turned frantic. >> that must have been the ride from hell you have got a missing child. >> yeah. once i knew that -- i had to get to aruba and i had to get there that day. and i began calling my friends from home who might know private pilots. >> beth also talked to some students still waiting to fly out of aruba, they told her natalee was last seen with a guy named joran. friends quickly managed to have a private plane made available. beth, her husband and some friends were in aruba by 11:00 p.m. that night. >> we hit the ground running. >> that's what i thought. hit the hotel, stopped there and then where did you go? >> carlos'n and charlie's. >> no one at the bar was any help so they returned to the holiday inn. >> the hotel manager was great and trying to figure who this guy was. she actually came up with his name. we had part of it and she finished it for us the sleuth.