An unlikely bond between an O.C. jail escapee and his captive

Cab driver Long Ma spends most days alone in his rented room in Garden Grove. Ma has formed an unusual relationship with his former captor Bac Duong, one of the three jail escapees.

Cab driver Long Ma holds a smartphone photo of the woman he is engaged to in Vietnam.

Cab driver Long Ma stands in the doorway of his rented room in Garden Grove, with his outdoor cook stove next to him.

Cab driver Long Ma stands next to his car, with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department crime scene seals still fixed to the door.

Cabdriver Long Ma drove around in his car several weeks after three escaped inmates from Orange County held him at gunpoint.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Cab driver Long Ma spends some of his days gardening in the backyard of the Garden Grove home where he rents a room.

Cab driver Long Ma is raising apples in the backyard of the room he is renting in Garden Grove.