Hi, I'm Caitlin Van Malle, host of I Survived. We are so proud of this show. We are relaunching

season one so these important stories can reach new audiences. This is episode 13, Holly. What I loved about

Holly's story that we really don't get from a lot of these is a love story intertwined with the

aftermath of her attack. This is the story of how her college boyfriend died,

but it's also the story of how she met her husband and how one led to the other. And while I don't

mean to diminish the tragedy and the loss of her college boyfriend, Chris, it's also nice to

hear a little bit of happiness. This is episode 13. He knew how to control us.

That's the worst part about having your mouth wired shut is that you're watching other people

eat. And that's, I wouldn't let my family eat in front of me. I would eat by myself and then

go to my room so I didn't have to watch anyone eat. And I just wanted a cheeseburger. I just wanted

some kind of food. In summer of 1997, Holly Dunn had just finished up her sophomore year at the

University of Kentucky. Instead of heading home to Evansville, Indiana, she rented an apartment in Lexington

with some friends and took summer classes.

In June, her friend Annie turned 21, and although Holly was still underage, she and her friends

wanted to get Annie a celebratory drink. And it was a laundromat and a bar, which I guess was a great

idea at the time.

And it was called Sudzies.

And we went in, and of course we got in, so that was a good sign.

We went up and sat at the bar and we ordered her a drink.

And there were several gentlemen sitting at the bar.

And they were all college students, you you could tell and we just started talking to

them and chris and i ended up i think we were almost sitting by each other or at least one away from

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