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New details on rescue emerge as family and community of Ala. boy held hostage for nearly a week start his road to recovery with unforgettable birthday
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The danger is far from over -- that underground bunker where five -- boy was held hostage for nearly a week bomb technicians have just found two explosive devices one device was inside the bunker.
The other was in the plastic pipe please use to communicate with the killer.
-- tomorrow please we'll continue their search for other explosives and tonight five really -- and why he's back of this family and Griff Jenkins is in Midland city he spoke with a little boys.
Great uncle.
Greta this is the neighborhood where Ethan and his mom live along with extended members of this family we caught up with his great uncle Berlin and finger.
What you heard the news.
What were you feeling and can we are worried.
He might have been doing well.
-- I didn't know what -- really -- I didn't know what to expect but wanna saw him news.
I knew that he was used overwhelming just you have to know and understand that would be.
Just by his expressions -- he was doing great.
When -- song tell me about going and seeing him after how he's doing all the local elected in normally and he was just.
-- biggest smile that you can imagine and had -- -- -- harder opened below wonderful for me look like -- Adjustment obligations.
So he he looked good that must have been released caring -- he was.
He was acting just normal -- -- him just like you know he says -- I mean he was.
I mean it was wonderful to seen.
I mean you know it's it's one -- -- -- how happy was that for in -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- They're elated that he's back home and for the whole family and he's doing right now.
And now the daring operation that freed five year old Ethan -- law enforcement know -- better storm that bunker when they did the group Jenkins spoke with share Wally Olsen.
As a sheriff and his dad did you have to fight your own emotions -- a guy is holding a boy in a bunker.
-- absolutely we will.
Father are you aren't -- -- -- -- That familiar -- and move -- will do everything humanly possible sign that job.
That's out of the things that we can go home.
-- that he would normally be like playing for the quarter.
We need to watch TV.
Momo you know go to school play -- -- -- those are things that got interrupted me this child left.
You know and and that's what I hope we can.
-- back too soon.
That people did including -- thing -- back into the bomb -- world where you go back in the spring -- an -- -- very fortunate -- -- played very bright it's special you know.
He's a -- of closure of these Obama will go.
Through.
All this.
We all -- -- To me.
It feels like this that I am -- ball.
How did she leave me.
Now for the beginning of the movie he did -- play.
But it.
That's more things we felt like you did -- we got to make this thing.
We did -- make that decision.
And the -- -- -- was there resistance.
Four or was he sort of at the end of his game and he.
He has given the option.
It didn't work.
And new information tonight -- China Jimmie -- -- did resist captured the and they're saying -- firefight with the spy agents as they entered the bunker.
And the FBI says -- had reinforce the bunker against any attempted entry by law enforcement.
