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Event Date(s): 05/21/2000 | Description: 18:00:00 *****NBC News Breaking News. MSNBC news correspondent Alexis Witt reports Breaking News. A Charter Plane Crashes With 19 People Aboard In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Video of emergency vehicles and personnel. Wreckage spotted About 9 Miles South Of The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport Video of a helicopter taking off. National Transportation Safety Board's George Black comments. 18:00:44 Special Edition anchored by Jane Pauley. 18:04:39 NBC news correspondent Sara James reports a package titled"Family Ties". At night point of view shot from police car on highway in Phoenix, Arizona with graphic credit supers seen. Phoenix police officer Eric Oldenberg (ph) drives at night with point of view and rolling shots superimposed seen. Police car driving at night seen. Zoom on still of dilapidated house exterior with ramshackle door where 10 children were found living in squalor seen. In interview Oldenberg says the odor hit him when he walked in the door. (KPNX-TV) Dirty pans and food on stove top seen. Dirty kitchen floor corner, camera pans up to dirty dishes in sink. Dirty clothes in pile near toilet seen. Dirty dining room and diaper on baby high chair seen. Dirty sheet in crib seen. Sink full of dirty dishes and flys seen. In interview and voice over Oldenberg says they were lined up on the floor like a concentration camp, it was horrible, they were all face down sharing pillows that were dirty with vomit, no child deserves to live that way. (Phoenix Police Department) Still of three children sleeping on floor together seen. Still of two children sleeping on floor in messy living room seen. Still of mess and child sleeping on couch seen. Wide shot of still with children sleeping on floor in messy living room seen. NBC's Sara James reports on camera outside the messy house. In interview outside old apartment oldest child Frank says he has a lot of memories of violence and happiness here. Frank walks in apartment complex parking lot. Close up on Frank looking at parking lot. Still of Frank's alcoholic mother seen. Still bleeds to fuzzy shot of beer cans seen. In interview outside apartment Frank says his mother would leave for weeks or days, there was nothing we could do but take care of ourselves. Close up panning shot on American flag and Arizona state seal with still of young Frank and apartment door superimposed seen. Door to Arizona Child Protective Services office bleeds to still of mother seen. Frank walks and talks with Sara in interview. Close up on empty beer can superimposed over liquor store front seen. Still of Frank with his younger brothers seen. Rolling shot of brick fences, garbage and dilapidated houses in poverty stricken area seen. Couch and wood fence with gang graffiti seen. Still of young Frank superimposed over small houses and broken window seen. In interview Frank says he stole toys, roller blades, bikes, sometimes car stereos, he would sell them and buy food and clothing to support the family. Still of car and house behind chain link fence seen. Gang graffiti for the East Side Chicanoz on brick fence seen. Rear shot of police car with flashing lights at night seen. Panning shot on still of Frank and his siblings seen. Low shot of sun behind barbed wire on top of chain link fence seen. Sara and Frank walk on sidewalk at sunset. In interview Frank says it was painful looking at his brothers and sisters crying, wondering if his mother would come back or not, always asking me where did my mom go would she back, it was hard to tell them the truth, I didn't know if she was coming back myself. Still of oldest sister Theresa seen. In interview Theresa says people say she looks and acts like her mom except she doesn't drink, stays home, make the kids go to school, do the clothes, do the cooking. Still of Theresa with her siblings seen. Bed and chair covered with blanket seen. Close up on Theresa seen. Liquor store front at night seen. In interview Theresa says she would take her mom's check and the food stamps away from her, sometimes she wanted to go to the store and buy beer but I hid the money. Theresa says she was upset and scared. Still of young Theresa seen. Still of a baby sleeping in clothes seen. Laundry hangs on line in yard with panning shot of house and fence superimposed seen. Hand held shot moves into room with bed covered with blankets and pillows seen. Close up on empty baby bottle on shelf seen. Revolving shot of ceiling superimposed over shot of spinning ceiling fan and low hand held shot moving in hallway seen. In interview Theresa says another child was bleeding a lot and she had no clue where her mother was. Zoom out from rag hanging in broken window pans house behind chain link fence with rolling shot of scrap tin fence and poverty area houses with still of mother superimposed seen. Beer bottle on ground bleeds to still of mother seen. Close up on water dripping over empty beer can seen. Still of girl Asusana (ph) seen. In interview Asusana says her mother would says she is only one mother with 10 kids who doesn't have a job and it is hard, and she (Asusana) would say we are kids how are we going to help you. Asusana says she didn't care if her mother was drunk as long as she was home. House window with still of mother superimposed seen. Still of boy Juan seen. Rolling shot of laundry line, chain link fence and graffiti on garbage can seen. Dirt road and dilapidated houses in poverty area seen. In interview Juan says he used to go into the store and steal a motorcycle, because he didn't have anything to play with. At night house exterior seen. Bunk bed in messy room seen. Panning shot of house exterior with board over half of window seen. Still of Theresa seen. Overhead shot of house at night seen. In interview Theresa says before she walked in that house she wished on a star to be taken away from her mother. Theresa says she got fed up of taking care of the kids herself and seeing her mom drunk. Oldenberg drives by in police car at night. Point of view shot from car with lights on house exterior at night seen. In interview and voice over Oldenberg says they were hugging each other and there was a sense of fear, they all wanted to go in one car. Rear door of police car opens with zoom to seat seen. Still of Juan seen. In interview Juan says first he thought they (police) were going to kill him and his brothers and sisters for no reason. Point of view shot at night of car leaving driveway with still of all siblings superimposed seen. Point of view shot through rear window of car at night seen. 18:17:30 NBC news correspondent Stone Phillips introduces the next portion of the story. 18:17:52 Still of ten brothers and sisters found living in squalor in Phoenix, Arizona including oldest boy Frank, oldest girl Theresa, young Juan and sister Asusana (ph) seen. Still of children sleeping on floor in messy room. Bare dining room table seen. Still of the 10 children seen. NBC's Sara James reports on camera in group home. In interview Juan says he was there (shelter) alone and thought he would live there forever. Still of Juan seen. Still of Juan with siblings seen. Still of Steven seen. In voice over and interview Steven says he took off through the back window and ran back to their house, he was looking for Frank and started to cry when he couldn't find him. Hand held shot moves over street to dilapidated house exterior seen. In interview Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Jean Pierce (ph) says imagine what they had been going through, seperated, scared, didn't know what would happen next. Pierce walks past probation administration landscape sign. Pierce walks into building past sign for the Maricopa County CASA program seen. Pierce says hello to woman in office. Pierce talks in office. Still of the children smiling seen. In interview Pierce says it (reuniting all children for visits) was so great, they were hugging each other and happy to see each other. Panning shots on still of the children seen. Pierce says she could see the fear on their faces, they would ask if they would ever have a normal home and she wasn't sure she could ever say yes. Still of children drinking juice at picnic table with zoom to young girl Maria seen. In interview middle age couple who Maria was placed with, Van Hughes and Shirley Hughes seen. In interview Shirley says when she (Maria) came she was three years old and very quiet, I just remember big brown scared eyes. Van eats pie as Shirley washes dishes in kitchen. Still of Maria, Juan, and one of the youngest boys seen. In interview Maria says she was excited (when her two brothers came to stay with her and the Hughes. Still of Maria with two brothers seen. Close up on Theresa seen. Close up on Asusana seen. Close up on Frank seen. Rolling shot of houses in poverty stricken area of Phoenix seen. Hand held shot enters cell door. Black and white shot of police station office seen through cell window. In interview Pierce says she was afraid to think about it (Frank's future) there was no man in his life to look up to or try to be like. Still of Frank and Theresa seen. In interview Pierce says Theresa would never respond in a normal emotional way, she would laugh a lot, she would say she was doing fine when she wasn't. Empty group home bed with still of the children's mother superimposed bleeds to close up on Theresa staring seen. Door closes on group home room, Black and white zoom on window and venetian blinds seen. In interview Theresa says she walked in front of a car, she thinks she was trying to harm herself but didn't feel like she was then, she was just sad. Close up on Theresa staring seen. Sara James reports on camera outside house. In interview Pierce says if they were lucky 2 would go to the same home, 3 never. Pierce says all 10 going to the same house was just a wonderful dream, people don't do that. State Capitol building exterior seen. Still of the children from studio picture seen. Low shot of sun in cloudless sky seen. Office worker turns page. In interview Shirley says she was told she was a natural with the children, would she consider adopting all 10. In interview Van says what are you nuts, it isn't even fair to ask me at this age. Van and Shirley hold hands and walk outside. Still of boy seen. Still of girl seen. Still of boys at picnic table seen. Still of Frank and boy seen. Shirley and Van walk outside.