raucous cheers greeted amanda berry and gina dejesus as they arrived at their homes today with police motorcycle escorts, marking their returns a decade after they were abducted separately as teenagers.
gina dejesus, 23, was wearing a hoodie as she was escorted from a car. she stuck her right hand up in the air with a thumbs up as she was hustled into the house, which was decorated with dozens of balloons and a welcome home sign.
there are not enough words to say or express for the joy we feel for the return of our family anggota gina, dejesus aunt, sandra ruiz said.
we are asking for your support to be patient with us. give us time and privacy to heal, she said. when were ready, i promise you…we will talk to you.
hours earlier, berry arrived at her sister beth serranos home with her 6-year-old daughter, jocelyn, who was born on christmas day while in captivity.
berry, now 27, and her daughter were ushered into her sisters house through a back door out of the view of cameras.
her cousins stood outside, waving to the motorcade and wiping away tears.
serrano asked for privacy for her sister as she readjusted to life outside of captivity.
we are so happy to have amanda home. we request privacy to recover, serrano said.
the front porch and bushes of the homes were festooned with balloons and teddy bears and a phalanx of press out front.
remember this is amandas day. she is calling the shots... its amandas rules today, commander thomas mccartney, of the cleveland police department told reporters moments before her arrival.
berry is credited as being the hero after she made a brave bolt to freedom on monday with her daughter by her side. berrys 911 call led authorities to the home on seymour avenue where she and two other women were allegedly kept for a decade.
amandas homecoming was something her family and law enforcement said they never stopped believing would one day happen.
hope is alive today and our dreams have been answered, mccartney said.
the original missing flyer showing amanda and a yellow ribbon were tied to a tree outside the home.
nearby was a sign that said, wish it. dream it.
source : http://abcnews.go.com/US/amanda-berry-gina-dejesus-return-home-cheers/story?id=19131036#.UYsaT0r3GW4
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