(Review: TV Programme: 'Escaped', Discovery Channel)
(The best episode I have seen)

Thad Phillips was rescued from the evil clutches of Joe Clark by the officers:Case 2, "The Tortured Truth": In 1994, 14-year-old Chris Steiner's body was found on a bank of the Wisconsin river. A year later, 13-year-old Thad Phillips was abducted by 17-year-old Joe Clark. Clark took Thad to his home and began to break Thad's ankles, legs and knees. Clark said he was fascinated with breaking bones and had done the same thing to Chris Steiner. After 43 hours, Clark left Thad alone. Thad was able to call the police. Clark was arrested and Chris Steiner's body was exhumed, revealing broken legs. In 1996, Clark was found guilty of torturing Phillips and of killing Steiner. He is now serving life.http://tv.yahoo.com/cold-case-files-18/show/6175/castcrewOn the evening of July 30, Clark again left the house but was taking no chances with Phillips this time. He locked the battered boy in the bedroom's closet before leaving. Inside the darkened cubicle Philllips had to have realized he was running out of chances to escape and even his enormous willpower had to be fading. Feeling around with his hands in the dark he found an old, heavy guitar and battered the door down with it. Dehydrated and his legs useless, Phillips slowly dragged himself down the stairs again, passing out repeatedly from pain and fatigue until he reached the kitchen phone and managed to shake the cord until the reciever fell from the hook. He then dialed 911 and explained his location and predicament to a suprised dispatcher.Officers quickly responded to the Clark house and rescued Phillips. He had been held capture for about 43 hours in total and had sustained horrible fractures to both legs which would require several surgeries over the years and result in a permanent limp. Soon afterward Clark was arrested and Phillips told officers that Clark had spoken of brutalizing two other boys, one who's name was Chris and another that he can't recall to this day. A subsequent search of the Clark home uncovered a ghoulish list of boy's names, some of which were listed under the heading, "The Leg Thing". Thankfully, Phillips bravery ensured that none of those potential victims would experience the torture that he and Steiner did.