A guardian's worst nightmare is having their beloved child taken away from them by the hands of a stranger. 10 years ago that very thing happened. Amanda Berry was only 16 years old when she went missing. She was abducted after her night shift at Burger King. Her family was terrified when she did not return home after work. When they contacted the police, they were blown off and Amanda was classified as a runaway. Her family knew better than that though. They knew that foul play was involved because she was not a problem child, she went to school and work every day faithfully, and it was the day before her 17th birthday that she did not come home.
10 years after being kidnapped, Amanda Berry (and others) were rescued. On Monday, May 7, 2013, Amanda escaped the house where she was being held captive and managed to make a daring call to the police. In an interview, her neighbor (Charles Ramsey) discusses how he was confused when he saw her. She screamed "help, save me, please help." It were those pleads that gained his attention. He said "when I looked at that girl, I said "you look familiar." I'm prying the door open ans she trying to get out and she climbed through the bottom of it, and soon as she got out she said "my name Amanda Berry; call the police.""
When someone goes missing for over a year, people begin to assume that they are dead. The chances of them being found are slim to none. Amanda's grandmother told reporters "I didn't think she was dead. No, never." Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus (another captive) reunited with their families on Tuesday. Amanda tells her story of being kidnapped, raped, sodomized, and bearing the child of her assailant, Ariel Castro.For further information on Amanda's rescue, read Amanda Berry Found Alive After a Decade.
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