Shawn Hornbeck -- Found Alive 1/12/07

Child abductee: Family’s love got me through
Three years after ordeal ended, Shawn Hornbeck is working to help others

For four and a half years, the boy was tortured, terrorized and sexually abused. And the only thing that he had to cling to was what ultimately saved him — the love of his family.

“What really made me hold on strong was just knowing that my parents will always look for me, just because I’ve always had just one of the best connections a kid could have with his parents,” 18-year-old Shawn Hornbeck told TODAY’s Ann Curry Wednesday from his home in Richwoods, Mo. “With my family, it’s just always been ‘family’s number one.’ We’re always there for each other. It’s just the strength I could feel [from] my family, even though I was so far away.”

Shawn was speaking on the third anniversary of his rescue. The 11-year-old boy who was kidnapped in the fall of 2002 has grown into a handsome and dark-haired 18-year-old. Despite not going to school during his captivity, he has graduated high school a semester ahead of his class, is very big on cars and girls, and is attending community college.

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What a nice story to read ... what a great outcome from such a horrendous nightmare...

Sean you are a great example of overcoming any obstacle and succeeding..Bravo

God Bless you Sean, and Ben Ownby!

I hope we read the same story about Haliegh some day.

God Bless Shawn and his family, a parents bond with their child is never broken.