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MICHELLE KNIGHT, ONE of three US women kidnapped, raped and held captive for a decade before being rescued this week, was released from an Ohio hospital today, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman confirmed to AFP that Knight had left the hospital in Cleveland, without giving further details.
The 32-year-old “is in good spirits and would like the community to know that she is extremely grateful for the outpouring of flowers and gifts,” the hospital said in a separate statement posted to its Twitter and Facebook pages.
She is especially thankful for the Cleveland Courage Fund. She asks that everyone please continue to respect her privacy at this time.
Knight was freed by police last Monday, after her fellow victim, 27-year-old Amanda Berry, managed to call out to a neighbor, who kicked in the door of the suspect’s home, allowing her and the six-year-old daughter she bore while held hostage to escape.
Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old unemployed bus driver, is accused of snatching Berry, Knight and 23-year-old Gina DeJesus in separate incidents around a decade ago and holding them captive in his home.
Berry’s six-year-old-daughter by Castro, born while she was held hostage, was also kept locked in the house.
Knight, who has reportedly accused Castro of impregnating her multiple times and then beating and starving her to force miscarriages, was the last of the women to be released from hospital.
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A whole 168 people? Seems legit.
The way that this survey is misleading. It’s fairly impossible to initiate contact with somebody via email unless you know their address. It would trying to guess their mobile number. Facebook is similar to a directory so you have the advantage of looking them up. So of course Facebook will trump email on first contact.
Must people I know – and I’m not a student – don’t "email" on Facebook but will chat. Email is still a primary channel of communication.
Yes, 168 is far from a realistic sample size to start drawing conclusions and issuing statements.
No one in my year sends emails, most only have an email to be able to use Facebook/social networking sites. 95-100% of my year have a Facebook.
The expression “no shit sherlock” springs to mind
What is this “email” of which you speak?
Interesting. I would have thought that students would have been encouraged to have a linked in page set up in order for them to acquire employment.
Any one on Google yet?
I think what the survey is highlighting is what Brian mentioned above. If you look for someone on facebook you will most likely find them and have a profile photo to hopefully verify you have the correct person. Even if you preform a google search on a name, facebook results are usually within the top 5 links
The same can be said for Linkedin
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