On the night of February 4 three members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, better known as the SLA burst through the door of her home in Berkley. Wood was at her home with her at the time. The SLA beat Weed into unconsciousness and blindfolded Hearst then threw her in the trunk. She was then thrown into a closet.

Donald DeFreeze known as Cinque or Cin, the leader of the SLA, greeted Hearst. Cinque would come into the closet and talk to Hearst. The whole time she was blindfolded so she only knew him by voice. Cinque was an escaped convict trying to free his friends in prison. Cinque had recruited people and made them believe they were fighting a battle against the world. At its largest the SLA only had eleven to twelve memb

The members of the army made Patty believe they were a huge organization that had camps set up everywhere in the United States and even Canada. When the Hearst family continued to refuse the demands of the SLA Cinque gave Patty a choice. Patty could either become a member of the SLA herself or return home to safety. Knowing that she had been locked in a closet for fifty-seven days and had no strength, she deliberated. She could join the people that had now become her world or leave the closet not knowing where she was, how to find a way to her home, or even walk.

The SLA had abducted Hearst because she was very wealthy. Cinque demanded two million dollars from Hearst's father for a feed the poor food drive. Mr. Hearst agreed and sent the money. Cinque then demanded six million dollars. The Hearst family could no longer afford to give into the SLA's demands.

Cinque decided that they needed money, and quick. The members had talked about robbing a beauty

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