Couldnt be broken. How often did you think you would not survive . May 6th, 2013, the gritty heartland city of cleveland witnessed a miracle. Help me, im amanda berry. Ive been kidnapped, and ive been missing for ten years. And im im here. Im free now. Amanda berry is abducted the day before her 17th birthday. Amanda told the police, i aint just the only one. Its some more girls up in that house. Gina dejesus returns here, she is indeed home. Gina dejesus was walking home from school, and that was the last time that she was ever seen. Michelle knight was never on our radar at all. Police arrested who owns the home is their abductor it turns out was a deranged School Bus Driver, ariel castro. Throughout their captivity these women held on to one thing, one thing that kept them going, and that was that their families would not give up on them. And ten years later it was that faith that finally brought them home. Now we want the world to know. We survived. We love life. We were stronger than ariel castro. Reporter could you have imagined that you would be sitting here and saying that knowing all the things that youve gone through in your life . Oh, my gosh, not really. I didnt know i was gonna actually make it. Cleveland was your typical American Industrial city. It was struggling to find itself in a new economy. Well, it struggles from the bad image from the mistake on the lake. Theres a lot of poverty in the city. A lot of heart. You see people on their porches and kids playing in the street. The west side middle to lower class folks working at the factories, in the mills, were raising their families. Hard working people, decent, do the right thing, help you if they can. From a Law Enforcement perspective, its never a dull moment. Always something. There were drugs, robberies, shootings, gang activity. Very inner city. But at the same time it was full of great families. It was full of hope. Growing up in cleveland, i love the area. It was very beautiful, but i hated my home life. Michelle had a terrible childhood. For a time, her family lived in the car, they were itinerant. Big house, but with very little in it. Like, we didnt have a couch to sit on. We didnt have a stove. Just to give us a hot, warm meal i had to cook on a space heater. It takes four hours for a hot dog to cook. Did you feel like you had to be protective of your siblings . Yes. And almost kind of like raise your siblings in a way . I basically was their mom. She is a very good loving sister. She has always been there to help us. Thats just the truth. In a really weird twist of fate we had interviewed michelle for a story that she helped deliver a baby. This is seven pounds, six ounce Marcus Anthony knight. First, she let off a big scream, ow and then, here comes the water, and then here comes, gotta go get somebody. cause there wasnt no stopping that baby coming out. Tell me about your childhood. I had a lot of things that went on in my life that was very traumatic. Like sexual abuse, emotional abuse. You name it, i went through it. She felt neglected. A male relative sexually abused her and when you think, she was 12, 13, 14 years old, its just nightmarish. I got to the point where i was done with the abuse. I just needed a new outlook out of life. So the first thing i said, im more safer on the streets than i am living in my own home. So i basically ran away. Ran away at that tender age. It was pretty cold during that time. I didnt really know where my next meal was going to come from or what was going to happen next. What did this 14yearold child do . She slept under a park bench. Then her home was a trash bin. I lived in a garbage can. I took a blanket from somebodys back porch. Cuddled up with it. It was very cozy. Shes 42, so she could crawl into the garbage bin and not be seen and protected from the elements. There was a bridge where i n hear cars going past. The vibrations just, you know, helped me be calm. My god is awesome come on, somebody lift your voice. Awesome when you were homeless, there was a baptist church. Yes, i end up going there just because i heard beautiful music. And i was a little bit embarrassed because i didnt smell too pretty. I was, like, very dirty and i stood in the back and singing along with every hymn that they were singing. What was one of your favorite hymn songs . Oh, my gosh. God is in my heart and in my soul and he will never disappear. You needed to hold on to that, didnt you . Yes. Early morning, the hungry and homeless feeding is about to do its thing. They would have a meal Service Every day at 2 00. So i would go for lunch to the church. Unfortunately, one of my family members had recognized me and called my dad. Her father came and picked her up, and then she went back to high school. Oh, my, it was horrible. Going to school i was always bullied. Just got shoved into lockers, got shoved downstairs, got told i was ugly, that i was unimportant, that i didnt belong. Did you have anybody you could reach out to . It was very hard to make friends. I was that girl that sit in the back of the class, the outcast. She was approached by a older boy at school. He kind of charmed her, eventually they started having sex, and she realized she was pregnant. I wanted to be the best mom. I wanted to be better than my mom. What were those early years like for you and your son joey . It was difficult because i didnt have very much money. She goes to look for a job to better her life and leaves her child in the hands of her mother. Her mothers boyfriend was drunk and he grabbed joey by the leg and fractured his knee. Michelle took joey to the hospital and social services put joey in foster care. In her efforts to try to get her child back, she was on her way to a Case Management meeting. Michelle was lost. So she walked over to a Family Dollar store to ask the clerk where this address was. Ariel castro was there. Overheard her and said, i know where that is, and ill take you. You thought you could be okay with him. Yeah, little did i know that it was gonna be a bad trip. Starting a business means i have to be well rested, every night of the month. Always overnight pads have up to a 2x larger back for up to 10 hours of protection. It catches leaks, so you can catch zzzzs. Because my morning starts, before morning starts. Always. With the cd changer thats stuck playing limp bizkit. Just sell it to carmax. Well buy any car. Even this one. The way it should be. Carmax. Even this one. Upbeat music no coverup spray here. Cheaper aerosols can cover up odors in a flowery fog. But febreze air effects eliminates odors. With a 100 natural propellent. It leaves behind a pleasant scent youll love. [ deep inhale] freshen up. Dont cover up. Febreze. Work so hard give it everything you got strength of a lioness tough as a knot rocking the stage and we never gonna stop all strength, no sweat. Just in case you forgot all strength. No sweat secret. All strength. No sweat. You know im not sure. Whos peter samuel . Daddy . Yeah . Whos peter . Well sweetie, hes your greatgreat grandfather. Does he look like me . Yeah. Yeah . Yeah. Turn questions youve always had into stories you cant wait to share; with ancestry. coughing turn questions youve always had into stories sneezing grab the only tissue with coconut oil, aloe, and vitamin e. Nourish with kleenex soothing lotion. The softest lotion tissue. Art is important in my life because i was able to express myself. And release some of my frustrations as well in a positive way. All i thought about was my son and how was he doing. If i was ever gonna see him again. Thats the only thing that was going through my head. August 23rd, 2002. Tell me about that day. Oh, my, it was a really hot day. She going to court because shes fighting desperately to get her little boy joey back. I was so super excited to get to the appointment and then i couldnt find the place. I was trying so desperately to get ahold of them. I tried to call them on a pay phone, it didnt work. So i felt like theres no way i was gonna make it. She was pretty desperate, so she walked over to a Family Dollar store to ask the clerk where this address was. And then my best friends father comes into the store. So you recognized him. Yes. She didnt know him personally, but when ariel castro approached her, she knew who he was. Hed get you to this custody hearing. And he said, i know where its at. I can take you straight to it. Itll only take me five minutes. And im like, okay, im gonna make it, this is gonna happen. So i got into his car, we started driving down a road. We started talking about how his daughter was at home. And i was like, it would be super nice to see her. As we were going into the house, he says, oh, by the way, we have puppies. I got closer and closer to the door and thats when he shoved me in the room and he said, youre not gonna leave for a long time. And then he starts undressing himself. What is possibly going through your mind at this point . The first thing that i did is i dropped to the floor begging him to let me go. Begging him, saying, i need to get to my son. This cant happen. That moment you knew this was something. And he ripped up my sons picture right in front of me. The only picture i had. And said, you will never see him, and that hurted so bad. The knife felt like it was going deeper and deeper into my chest. He claps his hand over her mouth and tells her, dont scream or ill kill you. And then he proceeds to tie her up, then he masturbates in front of her. Couldnt move. Couldnt do anything. The extension cord was wrapped around my legs, then wrapped around my arms, and then wrapped around my neck. And then to muffle my sound and my scream, he had shoved a sock into my mouth. You go from upstairs to the basement. How long were you there in the basement . I couldnt tell what time of day it was because i was hooked to a pole in the middle of the floor with a Motorcycle Helmet on my head. So i couldnt move. He does bring her food occasionally, and he routinely rapes her in the basement, three, four times a day. He would often leave a radio on really, really loud, so that even if she started screaming, you couldnt hear it anyway because its just there was music playing. How were you able to withstand that kind of abuse . It was difficult. I had to go blank. Any time he was doing anything to me, i had to put myself in a different place. Ariel castro, once again hes prowling around looking for young women. How bold is that . How did that day begin . Well, my mom had came to the door and she came to give me a kiss and just tell me to have a good day. And i got up, got ready for work. Amanda berry, it was the eve of her 17th birthday, she was working at burger king. I almost called off of work that day cause the next day was my birthday. You know, what if . What if i wouldve called off that day . What kind of teenager were you then . I was pretty much a homebody. I stayed home a lot. Did my schoolwork. What did you want to be when you grew up . I was into fashion. The shoes had to match the shirt, and the shoelaces had to match the outfit, you know . Amanda had been walking home from burger king. Suddenly, a red car pulls up. The driver, its a familiar face. And he asked, do you need a ride home . And i said, yes. And amanda realized that this was ariel castro, she knew his daughter, they had all gone to school together. You know, its a friends dad. And hes like, well, shes at my house, would you like to go see her . I said, yeah, sure, i havent seen her in a while. And he takes her on this drive down seymour avenue. They pull up in front of a modest looking white house. So he started showing me around the house, and i never got back out. They got upstairs and he said, oh, angies in the back, but my roommates in here. It was, like, a little peephole that, like, the doorknob was supposed to go in. She saw a woman sitting on a bed, watching tv. Which we now know was michelle knight. When he took me to the next bedroom, it was just really dark in there and he told me to pull down my pants. And from there i knew, like, this was not gonna be good. When he took me to the basement he taped my wrists and he taped my ankles and then he put a helmet over my head. He just left me there. He shut the lights off and i just started screaming and crying. And, somebody please help me. Nobody came. So youre there in the dark, youre chained up. Lord only knows what you had to be thinking. I was so scared that i was gonna die. I didnt think that i was gonna ever make it home. We called and called. Thats not like her. 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Ariel castro is a really clever man. He had a house. He dressed well. He worked driving a school bus for the city. Everybody knew ariel castro. Everybody knew the School Bus Driver on the street. He would grill outside, on the fourth of july he would have fireworks. He was friendly, he was outgoing, he was a musician, he played in bands. Hes the greatest bass player. Ariel would hear a song and play it like it was on the record. It was actually that simple for ariel. On the outside, he appeared very normal. He might be the last one you would suspect of wrongdoing. But his personality was weird. Sometimes he would be joking around with you, and another minute he might be angry with the whole band. Ariel had no family. We knew he had kids but at the time he was living single. Ariel castro had a horrible relationship with his first wife. He was extremely violent. Threw her down the stairs, broke her ribs, cracked her skull. He was very intimidating. He was very scary. His voice was mean and deep and if you ever looked into his eyes they were, like, black like he had no soul. Amanda berry, when she first went missing, her mother was on the tv pleading for her return. My daughter should not be kept off the news like that. She aint dead yet. But its just so frustrating living daily. One day seemed like a week, so the week became months. And everyday we just passed out flyers. We had thousands of leads throughout ohio. We searched 200 homes and we expanded the grid and we expanded the search to the other side of the state. As remote as it is, theres still hope for the family. You know, every day is hard to see her not walk through that door or not say good morning. My hopes are in there. Theyre trying to stay as strong as can be. But with no answers and not a lead, not a clue, not nothing, thats whats hard because you dont know. The news comes at like 5 00, 5 30 now, so day after day i watched a lot of tv. The holidays are coming and going and my baby aint home. So when i would see them on tv and im like that kept me going. And i said, you know what, im gonna make it home to you. As long as you fight, im gonna fight. Youre chained to a radiator. Only have, what, about five feet . That was your world. Can you describe what it was like. Going to sleep at night, you wanted to toss onto your back, you couldnt do that, you would have to take the whole chain and move it to the front of your stomach so that youre not laying on the big lock. The mattress was old and nasty. It was just disgusting. And the bucket to use the bathroom, and that smelled horrible. Amanda was not alone. Just down the hall was michelle in another room faring no better, because ariel castro controlled every action of these two young women. We were only a