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In 2002, teenagers Tamara Brooks and Jacque Marris were kidnapped and held hostage for 12 hours

Speaking to PEOPLE shortly after the ordeal, the two recounted how they communicated while bound — ultimately trying to overthrow their captor

"I was trying to appear calm, but I had the biggest lump in my throat," Brooks described at the time

Teenagers Tamara Brooks and Jacque Marris had never met before the two experienced an ordeal so harrowing, they were bonded for life.

Brooks, 16, and Marris, 17, were both high school students when the two were abducted, eventually banding together to escape their captor.

A 2002 PEOPLE cover story detailed how, on Aug. 1, 2002, Brooks had driven to Quartz Hill, Calif., — an hour north of Los Angeles — with her friend Eric Brown, 18, at r

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