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Jan 2024
32m 46s

I SURVIVED: I Felt Less than Human

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Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mistrust of the police makes her reluctant to report her attack for many years. But eventually, her testimony would put her attacker behind bars.

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