Vienna cellar girl ‘our daughter’
The parents of an Austrian schoolgirl missing for eight years say a teenager who apparently escaped from a cellar prison is their daughter.
“We fell into each other’s arms… I recognised her from her way of being, her face … I always thought she was alive,” her mother told Austrian TV.
The girl’s mother, Brigitta Sirny, said on Austrian TV she was very proud of her daughter who had called her by an affectionate nickname – “mama mausi” – when they met again.
Her father, his eyes moist and voice faltering, said he had never thought he would live to see the day of Natascha’s return.
“Honestly, I didn’t think that I’d still experience this,” said Ludwig Koch.
“She said: ‘Dad, I love you.’ And the next question was: ‘Is my toy car still there?’ It was Natascha’s favourite toy, I never gave it away in all those years.
“I always put out of my mind the thought that she was dead.”
This is no less than a miracle. I wonder what the captivator intended as he didn’t demand any ransom. He gave her the basic amenities and also taught her arithmetic. I cannot imagine the kind of hysterical bliss her parents are going through now. Kudos to the girl!
And sadly her captivator committed suicide so he cannot be punished for his heinous crime
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