Life isn't an action thriller movie. Liam Neeson won't come to save you if bad guys kidnap you, that's for sure. Statistics aren't an exact science when it comes to abductions, but according to the latest data from the United Nations, there were 52,441 total kidnappings in the U.S. in 2022.

Then there are parental child abductions when one parent takes the child without the other's knowledge. It's estimated that 200,000 to 260,000 children are taken by a parent or other family member each year.

All this might sound like an unsettling statistic from an action movie, but it's real life. People get kidnapped in real life, too, and some survive to tell their tales. In one online thread, survivors shared their stories after one netizen asked: "People who've been kidnapped, how did you survive

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