Beers: Support of many aided my recovery from abduction 20 years ago NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A New York woman kidnapped as a child 20 years ago and held in a secret room for 17 days says the support of many people enabled her to recover from the ordeal. Katie Beers, speaking for the first time since her rescue, said "looking back, it's amazing to learn of the support I had from everybody," WCBS-TV, New York, reported Monday. The public had last heard from Beers in 1993 in a phone call telling her aunt she had been abducted: "Aunt Linda, a man kidnapped me and has a knife, and oh no, here he comes right now." Police found her 17 days later in a secret dungeon under the home of neighbor John Esposito, who claimed he loved her. Beers had maintained a very private life until her interview. "With hindsight it is easier to recall things," she said. My life now, I'm married, work full-time, and have two beautiful children. Beers lived in an abusive home at the time of her kidnapping, and advised others in similar situations to "find somebody to talk to, because if I didn't have somebody to talk to about the abuse I sustained, my life would be a completely different situation."