Three women who went missing in separate cases about a decade ago were found alive in a residential area of Cleveland on Monday, and a hospital physician said all three are in “fair condition.”

Cheering crowds gathered Monday night on the street near the home where police said Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found earlier in the day.

“This isn’t the ending we usually hear to these stories, so we’re very happy,” said Gerald Maloney, an emergency room physician at the Cleveland hospital where all three were being treated.

“They are able to speak with us. Beyond that, I can’t go into any further details,” Maloney said.

Cleveland police released the frantic 911 call Berry made after escaping from the house where she had been living.

“I’m Amanda Berry … I’ve been missing for 10 years and I’m here — I’m free now,” she said, her voice distraught and quick, according to an audio recording of the call released Monday night.

Cleveland Police said the women were being kept in a house in the 2200 block of Seymour Avenue near West 25th Street, WKYC reported.

Police didn’t immediately provide any details of how the women were found but said they appeared to be in good health and had been taken to a hospital to be reunited with relatives and for evaluation.

Police have taken 52-year-old Ariel Castro into custody, according to WKYC. There’s no immediate word on charges.

Castro’s uncle, Julio Castro, told CNN that his nephew separated from this wife years ago.

Berry disappeared at age 16 on April 21, 2003, when she called her sister to say she was getting a ride home from her job at a Burger King. DeJesus went missing at age 14 on her way home from school about a year later. They were found just a few miles from where they had gone missing.

Police said Knight was 20 when she went missing around 2000.

Loved ones said they hadn’t given up hope of seeing the women again.

Amanda Berry’s aunt, Gale Mitchell, told CNN, “You don’t give up hope. You just pray and pray and pray.”

Berry’s cousin Tasheena Mitchell told the The Plain Dealer. she couldn’t wait to have Berry in her arms.

“I’m going to hold her, and I’m going to squeeze her and I probably won’t let her go,” she said.

Berry’s mother, Louwana Miller, who had been hospitalized for months with pancreatitis and other ailments, died in March 2006. She had spent the previous three years looking for her daughter, whose disappearance took a toll as her health steadily deteriorated, family and friends said.

Mayor Frank Jackson expressed gratitude that the three women were found alive.

“We have many unanswered questions regarding this case, and the investigation will be ongoing,” he said in a statement.

Contributing: USA Today & Associated Press