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# Jessica Speaks

Posted by [Seth Cochran](https://info.opfistula.org/blog/author/seth-cochran) on Jul 6, 2008 2:28:36 PM

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We had a great deal of interest in Shannon's posting about Jessica, the young fistula survivor who escaped the LRA. This video is a montage of pictures, music and audio of Jessica speaking about her ordeal. She specifically discusses a conversation she had with her father after the LRA abducted her. The soliders brought Jessica home and the exchange she describes with her father is quite moving. You def want to see this video with the sound on.

Thanks to Lauren Bucherie for the fantastic music supervision.

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