00:00Three-year-old Lori Poland was playing outside her home when a stranger pulled up beside her.
00:05He smiled, offered her candy, and within seconds, Lori vanished.
00:09For the next four days Colorado was on edge.
00:13Search teams, helicopters, and hundreds of volunteers searched desperately,
00:17fearing the little girl would never be found alive.
00:20But the truth was even more horrifying.
00:23After abducting Lori, the kidnapper drove her deep into the Colorado mountains,
00:27brutally abused her, then threw the tiny three-year-old into a fifteen-foot, deep abandoned
00:32outhouse pit, believing she would never escape.
00:35Alone in complete darkness, with almost no food or water, Lori somehow survived.
00:40Then, against all odds, two birdwatchers heard a faint cry for help.
00:45They looked inside the pit, and found Lori alive.
00:48Police later arrested Robert Tiret, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison.
00:53Although he was eventually released, Lori refused to let him control the rest of her life.
00:58She grew up to become a therapist and child advocate,
01:01turning unimaginable pain into hope for countless survivors.
01:05What began as one of Colorado's most terrifying child abductions
01:08became an extraordinary story of courage, survival,
01:11and the unbreakable strength of the human spirit.
01:13We princesses are TOMATFORT.
01:14Listen to this one.
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