All 11 students's paths crossed with nefarious cabbies who lead them astray. They wouldn't tell these poor fellas how to dial a phone, and then they took their tickets and information away!
Come to think of it, the FBI may have saved their precious lives by finding them!
All it takes is one nefarious Arabic speaking cabby in the Inerfaith chapel at JFK to lead them all astray ~ has anyone bothered to talk to the 6 who made it to Montana to find out what happened?