The Boy in the Bunker: The Exclusive Interview with Ethan and His Mother

Dr. Phil – Season 11

On February 4, 2013, FBI officials rescued then-5-year-old Ethan from an underground bunker in Alabama, where he had been held hostage for nearly one week by 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, who was killed during the raid. Investigators say Dykes, a former sailor and Vietnam veteran, stormed a school bus carrying 21 children a week earlier, shot and killed the driver and then abducted Ethan. In an exclusive interview, Ethan, who just celebrated his sixth birthday, talks to Dr. Phil along with his mother, Jennifer.