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Grace: Omahan fought fear and fled her abuser's locks to claim life (10 years just like Amanda Berry
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130512/NEWS/705129911/1685#grace-omahan-fought-fear-and-fled-her-abuser-s-locks-to-claim-life
By Erin Grace
Polly Mitchell was getting ready for work last Tuesday when she turned on the TV and heard Amanda Berry.
“Help me,” the plaintive voice was saying in the recorded 911 call from Cleveland that was being played on the news. “I've been kidnapped. I've been missing for 10 years. I'm here now. I'm free now.”
In this quavering voice, Polly heard anxiety. Polly heard fear. Polly heard urgency and strength and emotion and ...
Polly heard herself.
She burst into tears. She thought of a phone call she herself had made, after being imprisoned for 10 years.
James R. Burnett/WORLD-HERALD
Polly Mitchell's husband wouldn't let her look out the windows of their home at 2518 Maple St. When after 10 years she was about to flee her prison, she couldn't bring herself to tear the foil covering.
FULL story at link.