On Austrian TV, a True Story of Captivity (NYT)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/world/europe/07captive.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

By MARK LANDLER
Published: September 7, 2006

FRANKFURT, Sept. 6 — She did not answer all the questions, let alone dispel all the mysteries. But Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian schoolgirl held captive in a windowless cellar for eight years before she escaped two weeks ago, went public on Wednesday with a revealing, often harrowing account of her ordeal.

Speaking on Austrian television, Ms. Kampusch, now 18, described being thrown into a pitch-black room, and banging on the wall with mineral water bottles and her fists in the futile hope that someone would hear her.

“It was terrible,” Ms. Kampusch said, her face pale and her voice raw from a cold. “I had claustrophobic feelings in this little room.”


Natascha Kampusch, who was held for eight years in a cellar in Austria, described her ordeal publicly Wednesday in a television interview.


At times, she said, she came heartbreakingly close to freedom. Eventually, she was allowed to accompany her captor, Wolfgang Priklopil, on shopping errands. Occasionally, sales clerks would approach her to ask if she needed help.

FULL story at link above.

[Wilber_Stool]

1. You know

I don't think I'm going to read that.

[Lars39]

2. Me neither.

Doesn't seem like it's in her best interests in the long run, especially the photo. :(