Three women were chained, beaten and raped for years by Ariel Castro. A silent decision sealed their miracle escape

On an unremarkable Monday in May 2013, three women who’d been missing for more than a decade were discovered alive in the boarded-up home of Ariel Castro, a recently-fired bus driver for the city school system in Cleveland, Ohio. Ten years after their miracle escape, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight remain inspirational examples of survival. Sheila Flynn reports