Later, their mother found a letter, in which the boys assured her that they had always loved her and felt good at home, but there were other reasons for the escape.
Krzysztof later admitted that their original plan was to secretly board an airplane to the United States.
In the morning they reached Warsaw and went to Okęcie airport, but it was surrounded by soldiers and patrol dogs, so they gave up and changed plans.
After arriving at Świnoujście, the teenagers went to see the ferry port and a parking lot, with several trucks, waiting for a journey to Sweden.
At the port, they caught attention of a soldier of the Wojska Ochrony Pogranicza (Border Defence Troops, WOP).
The truck started next day at noon and entered a line of vehicles, waiting to embark on the ferry.
The Swedish government twice denied it, but in the meantime Polish immigrants, members of the Solidarity movement, organized a press campaign.
[2] Currently, Adam Zieliński, a graduate of a technical college, lives in Vetlanda with a Polish wife and two children.
In 2009 Krzysztof returned to Poland for good; he married the Polish actress Magdalena Smalara (pl) and resides in Warsaw with her and their son.