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| Charles Ramsey hailed as hero for role in helping Amanda Berry escape | Charles Ramsey hailed as hero for role in helping Amanda Berry escape |
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| As details emerged about how three women and a six-year-old girl emerged from a decade of captivity in Cleveland, Ohio, the role of one man in particular was highlighted. | As details emerged about how three women and a six-year-old girl emerged from a decade of captivity in Cleveland, Ohio, the role of one man in particular was highlighted. |
| Charles Ramsey told a local news channel that he had been eating fast-food take-out on his porch when he heard a commotion coming from the house. "I heard screaming," Ramsey said in an interview with WEWS-TV that was played around the globe. "I'm eating my McDonald's. I come outside. I see this girl going nuts trying to get out of a house." | Charles Ramsey told a local news channel that he had been eating fast-food take-out on his porch when he heard a commotion coming from the house. "I heard screaming," Ramsey said in an interview with WEWS-TV that was played around the globe. "I'm eating my McDonald's. I come outside. I see this girl going nuts trying to get out of a house." |
| "We kick the bottom and she comes out with a little girl and she says: 'Call 911. My name is Amanda Berry.'" | "We kick the bottom and she comes out with a little girl and she says: 'Call 911. My name is Amanda Berry.'" |
| Ramsey said he did not recognise Berry until he called police. "I thought: 'I'm calling 911 for Amanda Berry? I thought this girl was dead.'" He said Berry told police there were more girls in the house. "So they go up there 30 or 40 deep, and when they came out [with two more women] it was just astonishing." | Ramsey said he did not recognise Berry until he called police. "I thought: 'I'm calling 911 for Amanda Berry? I thought this girl was dead.'" He said Berry told police there were more girls in the house. "So they go up there 30 or 40 deep, and when they came out [with two more women] it was just astonishing." |
| In the whirlwind that followed the women's release, Ramsey, as the first person to be interviewed in what seemed to be a chaotic media scrum in the neighbourhood, was initially hailed as a lone saviour. But neighbour Anna Tejeda told the Associated Press that it was a group effort. | In the whirlwind that followed the women's release, Ramsey, as the first person to be interviewed in what seemed to be a chaotic media scrum in the neighbourhood, was initially hailed as a lone saviour. But neighbour Anna Tejeda told the Associated Press that it was a group effort. |
| Speaking in Spanish with a friend translating, she said she was sitting on her porch with friends when they heard someone across the street kicking a door and yelling. Tejeda, 50, said one of her group went over and told Berry to kick the screen out of the bottom of the door, which allowed her to get out. | Speaking in Spanish with a friend translating, she said she was sitting on her porch with friends when they heard someone across the street kicking a door and yelling. Tejeda, 50, said one of her group went over and told Berry to kick the screen out of the bottom of the door, which allowed her to get out. |
| Tejeda said Berry was nervous and crying. She was dressed in pajamas and old sandals, Tejeda said. The emotion in Berry's voice was clear in her 911 call to police. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she said. "I've been kidnapped. I've been missing for 10 years." | Tejeda said Berry was nervous and crying. She was dressed in pajamas and old sandals, Tejeda said. The emotion in Berry's voice was clear in her 911 call to police. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she said. "I've been kidnapped. I've been missing for 10 years." |
| Tejeda said she didn't want to believe who the young woman was initially. "You're not Amanda Berry," she insisted. "Amanda Berry is dead." | Tejeda said she didn't want to believe who the young woman was initially. "You're not Amanda Berry," she insisted. "Amanda Berry is dead." |
| Juan Perez grew up two houses down from 2207 Seymour Avenue, the house where the women had been found. He told News Channel 5 he was struggling to come to terms with living so close and not having known sooner. | Juan Perez grew up two houses down from 2207 Seymour Avenue, the house where the women had been found. He told News Channel 5 he was struggling to come to terms with living so close and not having known sooner. |
| "I'm not the only one on the block that feels ashamed to know that we didn't notice anything. I mean, I feel like my head's low, I work at a school, I work with kids, my head's … I have a heavy heart right now," Perez said. | "I'm not the only one on the block that feels ashamed to know that we didn't notice anything. I mean, I feel like my head's low, I work at a school, I work with kids, my head's … I have a heavy heart right now," Perez said. |
| "Now it's like: red flag, red flag, red flag. Somebody should've said something and my sister actually a few years ago heard a scream and she called police." | "Now it's like: red flag, red flag, red flag. Somebody should've said something and my sister actually a few years ago heard a scream and she called police." |
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