Episode
20/20: Saving Ethan
Overview
A 5-year-old boy named Ethan had been snatched off a school bus and was being held hostage by a homicidal kidnapper in an underground bunker wired with explosives. If police did not meet the kidnapper's demands, he could detonate the bombs, killing himself and little Ethan.
Details
- Series
- 20/20
- Season
- Season 36
- Episode
- Episode 27
- Air date
- 2013-05-31
Episode context
Saving Ethan is Episode 27 in Season 36 of 20/20. It aired on 2013-05-31.
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