Amanda Berry’s 911 call transcript

An FBI missing person poster shows Amanda Berry. An Ohio school bus driver and his two brothers have been arrested after three women who vanished separately as teenagers about a decade ago were found alive at a Cleveland house. Authorities were alerted to the missing women’s whereabouts on Monday evening by a frantic emergency call from one of them, Amanda Berry, moments after she was freed from the house by a neighbor who said he heard screaming and came to her aid. FBI/Handout via Reuters
An FBI missing person poster shows Amanda Berry. An Ohio school bus driver and his two brothers have been arrested after three women who vanished separately as teenagers about a decade ago were found alive at a Cleveland house. Authorities were alerted to the missing women’s whereabouts on Monday evening by a frantic emergency call from one of them, Amanda Berry, moments after she was freed from the house by a neighbor who said he heard screaming and came to her aid. FBI/Handout via Reuters

Amanda Berry was kidnapped in 2003, just before her 17th birthday. The following conversation with a 911 emergency services telephone operator on Monday night was the first anyone had heard from her since.

Caller: Help me. I'm Amanda Berry.
Dispatcher: You need police, fire, ambulance?
AB: I need police.
911: OK, and what's going on there?
AB: I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years, and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now.
911: OK, and what's your address?
AB: 2207 Seymour Avenue
911: 2207 Seymour. Looks like you're calling me from 2210.
AB: Huh?
911: Looks like you're calling me from 2210.
AB: I can't hear you.
911: Looks like you're calling me from 2210 Seymour.
AB: I'm across the street; I'm using the phone.
911: OK, stay there with those neighbours. Talk to police when they get there.
AB: (Crying)
911: OK, talk to police when they get there.
AB: OK. Hello?
911: OK, talk to the police when they get there.
AB: OK (unintelligible).
911: We're going to send them as soon as we get a car open.
AB: No, I need them now before he gets back.
911: All right; we're sending them, OK?
AB: OK, I mean, like . . .
911: Who's the guy you're trying – who's the guy who went out?
AB: Um, his name is Ariel Castro.
911: OK. How old is he?
AB: He's, like, 52.
911: And, uh . . .
AB: I'm Amanda Berry. I've been on the news for the last 10 years.
911: I got, I got that, dear. (Unintelligible) And, you say, what was his name again?
AB: Uh, Ariel Castro.
911: And is he white, black or Hispanic?
AB: Uh, Hispanic.
911: What's he wearing?
AB: (agitated): I don't know, 'cause he's not here right now. That's why I ran away.
911: When he left, what was he wearing?
AB: Who knows (unintelligible).
911: The police are on their way; talk to them when they get there.
AB: Huh? I . . . OK.
911: I told you they're on their way; talk to them when they get there, OK.
AB: All right, OK. Bye.