This will make you sick...

Another thing. Amazon.com only sells the TRANSLATION! amazon.de sells the ORIGINAL book, but it only says 3096 Tage on the cover(though the picture is the same).

ODD... It is odd like the fact that Nena has an AMERICAN producer, but most of their records aren't directly available in the US!

Steve

I think the made a documentary movie about it too.

I guess in the third world this stuff is much more common.

I read the part in which she describes her abduction. It just alarmed me how she didn't make any moves to save herself at all. This is just further testimony of how we need to train our kids to react in situations such as these. She had many chances to get away right from the get - there was no weapon involved, yet she was submissive. Had her parent taught her how to avoid, fight, or escape, she probably would have easily been spared that 8 year nightmare.

If you're kids don't know what to do when someone grabs them and throws, or attempts to throw, them into a vehicle - or what to do to escape or at least to be seen and signal others that they are captive when in a vehicle, your kids are at risk. Statistics show that enough struggle will put off a very high percentage of attackers. They aren't looking for a struggle or for attention. A little noise and fight would have saved this girl.

Its amazing whats going on in the world. Here in North Carolina we have had case where a young girl went missing and they still dont have any leads on the case or anything. This case has probably been going on for about 8 years or so.

how about it??

anyway it is a book???where a book sell

Steve - read what she says. She was small but a 4'3" inch tall kid can scream loud enough to be heard for blocks. Had she been trained, she might not have gotten away, but she sure could have alerted someone that she was being grabbed - there were other kids around, police would have had a description of the van. Also - how fast was he going? She could have opened the back door while he was driving and alerted other cars or if he was going slow enough even jumped out. If he was going too fast, just getting her head and arms out a window and screaming for help could have saved her.

Don't think small is helpless. That is what the attackers count on. Everything I just suggested are things that we taught kids at the crisis center. From what I saw there, most of the reason kids were victimized is because they didn't know how to fight back or alert anyone else to what was happening to them.
And.......the stats still stand that most perps will back off real fast if a fight and yelling ensues.....they aren't looking for attention and won't take the risks. The more docile a kid is the more likely you will never see that kid again.