american kids quite frankly who happen to be arab. do they feel like they are all american kids? well, it s really interesting. if you talk to some of these kids and some of them have been born and raised here. some of them, their families have been here for generations, yet, there is this divide. most of the kids we profiled were fourth or fifth graders when 9/11 happened. they don t know a world before 9/11, and, you know, as little as they had to do with that, if anything, which they question, i mean there, is this sense that they are other than american. they feel like that when they leave dearborn, michigan. when you get to know these kids, they are like any other all-american kid that could be living in your neighborhood. and you said you feel like they are, something other than all-american kids. is that something within them or just a reaction to how they are viewed and treated? you think it s a combination of both. what happened on 9/11 literally
unsuccessful attempts to join osama bin laden s followers. one time he disguises himself as a woman, dresses in a burqa to hide his hispanic-american identity. and sets off alone to find an al qaeda camp. he fails. but he won t give up. and nearly loses his life because of his persistence. let s go now to lahore and we re joined by cnn s nic robertson, joins us by phone. i want to ask you, is bryant neal vinas, is his case unusual? reporter: it is becoming and more typical, be they pakistanis who got american nationalities, afghans who got american nationality or americans brought up, all american kids, like bryant neal vinas, who are turning to this radical version of islam, it is becoming more and more common. and the steps that he took to get to pakistan, and to get