00:01It was the story that shocked the nation.
00:04Thirteen siblings held captive by their parents.
00:06The chilling discovery inside a family home.
00:08Starved, beaten, tied up.
00:11The Turpin family, a house of horror.
00:13Thirteen children tortured, some chained, held prisoner by their own parents.
00:19Then, the daring escape by one sibling in the dark of night.
00:23I just ran away from home.
00:24My two little sisters right now are chained up.
00:27I don't know how you had the courage.
00:30Now, for the first time, three of the youngest Turpin children, who have never spoken before,
00:36tell their astonishing story of what happened inside that house.
00:40We literally were dying in there from starvation, and she knew about it.
00:45The last words she said to me was that I was the devil.
00:48Then, after their rescue, a taste of freedom.
00:52We were running around in circles because we could feel the fresh air.
00:55I was like, wow. It was just like, this is for real.
00:59Before the horror unbelievably happened to them a second time.
01:04In a foster home, where they were supposed to be safe.
01:08I mean, something bad did happen the first night I was there.
01:11Didn't know very much, but I didn't know that that was, didn't feel right.
01:16How did this happen?
01:18They would do everything in their power, it seemed like, to try to, like, break me.
01:23Trapped in another house of terror and abuse.
01:27It was like a nightmare.
01:31Why did no one listen?
01:33They brushed it all off to the side.
01:35The powerful Diane Sawyer special.
01:37How is this possible?
01:39What do you call this when you look back at it?
01:42To me, it feels like, why do people get to have a family and we don't?
01:47This is what bravery, love, and resilience looks like.
01:52Something good needs to come from this.
01:55It has to, and I can accept it not.
01:57The extraordinary all-new event special.
02:00I just want people to know that anything is possible.
02:03There's always, always, always hope.
02:06A Diane Sawyer special event.
02:09Tuesday night, February 3rd at 10, 9 central on ABC.
02:13And stream on Disney Plus and Hulu.
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