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12 SF 7-€&55 RLY: sfe 2 they felt as if they were tied quite securely, even after he tried to loosen them initially. His hands were still crossed behind him, palms facing outward. Seeing no activity in the area except for the lights of the several cars that passed, ie shoved the front passenger side seat forward, turned around and opened the unlocked passenger side door. Ue stepped out of the car on the curb side of the street, but could not recall which side of. the street the car was parked on-or in which direction the car was facing. When he emerged from the car he noticed a Volkswagen two-door bus parked approximately 20 ‘feet from his car. He could not tell whether the taillights were on or whether they just appeared to be on from reflected light. He watched the bus for a short time and did not see any moving silhouettes of any kind in the headlights of passing cars. le walked down the street away from his car and the Volkswagen bus and almost immediately came upon street signs which indicated he was then at the corner of Garber and Tangle- wood Streets. ; BENENSON, realizing exactly where he was, proceeded to the next corner which was Tanglewood Street and Claremont Avenue. He proceeded west on Claremont Avenue down the hill. He stopped briefly outside a diner called "The Station" which was located at the intersection of Claremont Avenue and Russell . Strect. He pointed out a dumpster type trash receptacle where he attempted to find a sharp edge with which to cut his bonds. Ne was unsuccessful in this endeavor and continued walking west down Claremont Avenue. He walked with his hands still tied behind his back similar to a walking posture assumed by many Europeans. While proceeding down Claremont Avenue, approximately half way between College and Ashby Avenues, he was able to work his hands loose from the rope. After freeing his hands, he was able to untie one of the cloths around his neck which cloth had served cither as the gag or the blindfold. He placed the rope and the cloth that he removed in his jacket pocket, possibly nis lower right pocket. He pushed the cloth which he was unable to untie down low on his neck and closed his jacket high around his neck to hide the cloth. Being confused and afraid he sat outside the Safeway Store near the intersection of College and Claremont Avenues for several minutes to decide what to do. He observed a taxi cab stand across the street on Claremont Avenue. He entered as cab at that location driven by a white mala cab driver, and requested the driver to take him to his sister's residence 40