In an interview on NBC's "Today show", Michelle Obama responded to the news that three young women missing for a decade were found alive this week in Cleveland, Oh., deeming kidnapping "a parent's worst nightmare," according to USA Today.
"Just imagine first losing a child and not knowing whether they're alive or dead or in harm's way," the First Lady said. "And to be holding out hope for a decade and to finally have those prayers answered is just probably the best Mother's Day gift ... that these families will receive."
The three women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, as well as a six-year-old child, were all found in a house several miles from where they disappeared, according to The Guardian.
The girls had all been kidnapped as teens, and likely mistreated while in captivity. Obama spoke on this, saying that "these families are going to have to wrap their arms around these young women and make sure that they get all the help and support they need so that they will go on and lead healthy, normal lives."
"We're just grateful that they're safe," Obama said. "It is probably a parent's worst nightmare to lose a child in any way, shape or form. But I am just happy for these families that they found their daughters and that they're alive and safe."
Due to the recent national tragedies such as Aurora, Newtown, and the Boston Marathon bombings, Obama said that she has "unfortunately" become pretty "adept" at talking to her daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, about national tragedies.
"Bad things happen, and there are things in life that happen that you have absolutely no control over, but the thing we want them to remember is that the overwhelming majority of people, not just in this country but around the world, are good people doing wonderful things," she said. "There's a way to turn even the saddest incident into a point of inspiration for our children," Mrs. Obama said.
Click here to watch the full NBC interview with the First Lady.
