<P> Marlin and Nemo attempt to rescue Dory . With the help of two California sea lions named Fluke and Rudder and a disfigured common loon named Becky , they manage to get into the institute and find her in the pipe system . Other blue tangs tell them that Dory 's parents escaped from the institute a long time ago to search for her and never came back , leaving Dory believing that they have died . Hank retrieves Dory from the tank , accidentally leaving Marlin and Nemo behind . He is then apprehended by one of the employees and unintentionally drops Dory into the drain , flushing her out to the ocean . While wandering aimlessly , she comes across a trail of shells ; remembering that when she was young , her parents had set out a similar trail to help her find her way back home , she follows it . At the end of the trail , Dory finds an empty brain coral with multiple shell trails leading to it . As she turns to leave , she sees her parents Jenny and Charlie in the distance . They tell her they spent years laying down the trails for her to follow in the hopes that she would eventually find them . </P>
<P> Marlin and Nemo attempt to rescue Dory . With the help of two California sea lions named Fluke and Rudder and a disfigured common loon named Becky , they manage to get into the institute and find her in the pipe system . Other blue tangs tell them that Dory 's parents escaped from the institute a long time ago to search for her and never came back , leaving Dory believing that they have died . Hank retrieves Dory from the tank , accidentally leaving Marlin and Nemo behind . He is then apprehended by one of the employees and unintentionally drops Dory into the drain , flushing her out to the ocean . While wandering aimlessly , she comes across a trail of shells ; remembering that when she was young , her parents had set out a similar trail to help her find her way back home , she follows it . At the end of the trail , Dory finds an empty brain coral with multiple shell trails leading to it . As she turns to leave , she sees her parents Jenny and Charlie in the distance . They tell her they spent years laying down the trails for her to follow in the hopes that she would eventually find them . </P>
how long was dory lost from her parents
how long was dory lost from her parents
years
years