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I'm shaking. And he said, I'm going to open your door. If you scream or you try to get away, he said, I'm going to open your door if you scream or you try to get away.

He said, I'm going to kill you.

Real people.

We're never going to get out of this alive if he doesn't get out of that ice.

Who faced death?

I'm angry.

And I'm thinking, I'm just going to hit this guy in the head.

I don't care if he dies.

And live to tell how. I'm starting to I'm just going to hit this guy in the head. I don't care if he dies. And live to tell how.

I'm starting to lose consciousness because he's strangling me pretty hard.

If I black out, who knows what's going to happen at that point.

This is I survived.

It's May 1985 in North Aurora, Illinois.

21-year-old Sharon has spent the weekend working at a trade show.

On her way home, Sharon installed her car at a red light.

I noticed someone pulling up on the passenger side of the car and he held over, hey, do you need some help?

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