Jaycee Duggard spoke to Diane Sawyer about being kidnapped and held in captive by a sex offender for 18 years.
During the interview, Dugard spoke in detail about her experiences during her kidnapping. She was 11 when she was taken in 1991 from in front of her house in California by Phillip and Nancy Garrido. She was held for 18 years, over which time she gave birth to two children. She wasn’t found until 2009.
As for how she survived, Dugard, now 31, told Sawyer, “There’s a switch that I had to shut off. Just went someplace else.”
She spoke about how she was abducted, describing how she was on her way to school when she suddenly felt “tingly” and “numb” – she had been hit by Phillip’s stun-gun. Her abductors grabbed her and threw her into a car.
She explained how Phillip laughed as they drove away with her, telling his wife: “I can’t believe we got away with it.”
Dugard explained: “It was like the most horrible moment of your life x10.”
Now, she is happy for the simplest of freedoms. “Now I can walk in the next room and see my mom. Wow. I can decide to jump in the car and go to the beach with the girls. Wow, it’s unbelievable, truly.”[via]
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