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Mar 2022
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The Bravest Mom In The World Set Free: I...

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Airdate: 09/22/2010

Oprah talks to Ingrid Betancourt, who was kidnapped at gunpoint and held captive for six-and-a-half years in the jungle. Ingrid discusses her captivity and the book she wrote about her ordeal, "Even Silence Has an End." Ingrid was a Presidential candidate in Colombia when she was abducted by FARC rebels and held captive in the Amazon jungle.

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