one moment, she had her whole life in front of her, the next it s a gun at your neck. abducted by strangers. she said, don t move, don t scream. this u.s. citizen taking deep into the wilderness, chained to a tree, pulled there might be worst in-store, her family out of their mind and worry. i could not believe it. the american embassy leaping into action. this is going to be a long process, not to be salt overnight. but could she do something to save herself? with a suppressing to, she set in motion a daring plan you would unlock the lock while no one was guarding you. and then one night in the darkness i started seeing flashlights. was the nightmare over or about to start all over again? hello and welcome to dateline. this is an extraordinary story of survival. a young woman who was adopted, as family and investigators raced to save her, she was putting to save herself. she gave it everything she had with bravery and a belief in herself a
she heard rustling in the forest. i start seeing some like flashlights. in the beams of light slicing through the trees, elisa could only make out silhouettes. there were many of them moving briskly and caring military style weapons. it occurred to elisa in an instant, these were farc rebels. it went through my mind that really fast, i will be years in columbia with this group. the lights and shadows kept advancing towards elisa s flimsy tenth. you think you re in trouble? i was sure about that, this was like a terrorist group that was going to take me to the middle of nowhere for years. and then, one of the armed men burst inside the tent. he goes around me and holds me and says, it s okay, you re going to be fine. no, please, don t take me. he is saying, were from the police, were from the police, we re rescuing you. did you believe him? i was trying to, you know. i was just hoping it was not a dream, because i thought i might be dreaming. translator: we cov