victims who abc's john donvan discovered must bravely adapt to a surreal and sadistic world if they have expect in the continuous joyous aftermath to hear words like healing and recovery thrown around. that's all anyone can wish for now for three women who lost so much of life, yet are still alive. because they somehow had what it takes to survive. unfortunately we have a long list of quite recent cases to study what that survival takes. a long list of children abducted and held from months to years to nearly two decades in the case of jaycee dugard, who has been able since her release so freedom in 2009, after 18 years of captivity in a backyard in antioch, california, where she was beaten and raped, able actually to show the outside world the face of someone who appears to have a life again. a smile again. a confidence when doing television interviews of which she has now done quite a few. >> i choose to see it as a learning opportunity. >> reporter: rebecca bailey was a therapist who worked with dugard. >> what saved her was an early on relationship with her mother that allowed her to

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> stay in touch with us at abcnews.com.er and we'll see you again tomorrow night. goodnight. >>> california still on fire watch tonight. you'll see conditions keeping firefighters on high alert. >> after record highs we have a heat advisory still in effect. i'll show were you heat is holding on. >> breaking news tonight on the chemist accused of leaving poison in a starbucks. we're live at the jail where she was set free. >> and new video from oracle arena. boston bombing victim around hern about to get a work joult with the warriors. >> you're looking at live pictures now. you can see flames up against a home this, 6500 acre wildfire is growing by the hour, a symptom of the hot, windy weather we're getting early this year. >> geek r good evening. a red flag warning was lift for the bay area before the sun came up this morning we're still under a heat advisory. that means fire danger. this fire near camma rio is one of five major wildfires burning in california now. here you can see several motor homes going up in flames. a

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as abc's john donvan reports they must adapt to a sur veal world to make it out alive. >> reporter: expect in the continuing joyous aftermath to hear healing and recovery thrown around. that's all any one can wish for now for three women who lost so much of life yet are still alive because they somehow had what it takes to survive. unfortunately, we have a long list of quite recent cases to study nor what that survival takes. a long list of children abducted and held from months to years, to nearly two decades in the case of jaycee dugard who has been able, since her release to freedom in 2009, after 18 years of captivity in a backyard in antioch, california, she was beaten. able to show the outside world the face of some one who has a life again, a smile again, a confidence doing television interviews of when which she has done quite a few. >> i choose to see it as a learning opportunity. >> reporter: a therapist who worked with dugard. >> what saved her was a early on relationship with her mother that allowed her to go into something with a strong sense of self. >> reporter: which sugges

abc's john donvan explains. >> reporter: look at what everybody is looking at this week in hong kongh or near paris, osaka, japan, brazil, new zealand and australia where they had to raise the bridge to let him through. always a crowd stuck to the spot, mesmerized the duck says nothing and only stares back at you. you can't not look at it. the dutch artist who created it thinks that's because of childhood. >> it brings joy, obviously. it brings people together. we are living on the planet. we are one family. and the global waters are our bathtub. >> reporter: given a certain turn of mind, giant duck, crowds reeled in, this could be horror movie stuff. the duck is sweet, nice, gently gliding soon to america. where exactly? the duck is not saying. we'll know when he gets here. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> i'm a fan of the duck. >> i love the duck. >> the duck for president. world peace. 54 feet high. inflatable. >> is that right, 54 feet high. >> can you believe that? >>> up next, an early celebration of cinco de mayo. celebration. you are not going to want to miss it. all my