Natascha

Von Natascha hoert man auch in den USA. Heute berichtet die Houston Chronicle von ihrem TV Interview und von ihren 8 Jahren im stockfinsteren kleinen Zimmer . Ein amerikanischer Psychiater hat ueberigens gesagt dass ihn Natascha's Davonlaufen im Alter von 18 Jahren ueberhaupt nicht ueberrasche, denn das sei das Alter wo die Kinder erwachsen werden und sich sozusagen "abnabeln".

Hier ist der Artikel in der Houston Chronicle:

HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com Section: Front page
Sept. 7, 2006, 12:28AM

Austrian girl tells of harrowing ordeal of 8 years in pitch-black 'little room'

Hostage, now 18, says she was close to breaking free at times, but captor never left her side
New York Times

FRANKFURT, GERMANY — Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian schoolgirl held captive in a windowless cellar for eight years before she escaped two weeks ago, went public Wednesday with a revealing, often harrowing account of her ordeal.
Speaking on Austrian television, Kampusch, now 18, described being thrown into a pitch-black room, and banging on the wall with mineral water bottles and her fists in the hope that someone would hear her.
"It was terrible," Kampusch said. "I had claustrophobic feelings in this little room."
At times, she said, she came heartbreakingly close to freedom. Eventually, she was allowed to accompany her captor, Wolfgang Priklopil, on shopping errands. Occasionally, sales clerks would approach her to ask if she needed help.
She would try to smile in a way that would evoke memories of the 10-year-old girl in her school picture, which was widely circulated after she vanished March 2, 1998. But Priklopil never left her side, warning that if she tried to seek help, he would kill her, himself, and any would-be rescuer.
"I would just stand there completely intimidated and in panic, my heart pounding ... ," she said. "I then just had to stand by helplessly while he got rid of the shop assistant."
In addition to ORF, the state broadcaster, Kampusch gave interviews to a newspaper, Kronen Zeitung, and a weekly magazine called News. ORF did not pay Kampusch, but it sold international rights to the broadcast and a fund will be set up for her.
Kampusch seemed determined to give her own account of her ordeal. Except for a few remarks, she did not discuss her relationship with Priklopil, who committed suicide hours after she escaped.
"I promised myself I would grow older, stronger and sturdier to be able to break free one day," she said. "I made a pact with my older self that I would come back and free that little girl."
She once tried to leap from Priklopil's car, Kampusch said, but he "held me back and then sped away." She did not specify when that escape attempt occurred, saying only that she felt "it was much too risky" to try it again but said she dreamed of beheading him with an ax.
Kampusch seized the chance to flee while she was vacuuming Priklopil's car and he stepped out to make a cell phone call.
In the News interview, Kampusch likened her escape to an action movie.
"I ran out through the garden gate and became dizzy," she said. "I felt for the first time how weak I really was." The first people she approached turned away from her pleas for help. Then she leapt a fence and spied a woman in a kitchen through a window, and persuaded her to call the police.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.