Written accounts from four Canadians
It’s impossible to imagine what it feels like to be kidnapped and held for ransom in a foreign country. Here are four Canadians who offered written accounts of their experiences:
Robert Fowler A Season in Hell: My 130 Days in the Sahara with al-Qaeda
Kidnapped in Niger and held from December 2008 to April 2009
Amanda Lindhout A House in the Sky
Kidnapped in Somalia and held from August 2008 to November 2009
Mellissa Fung Under an Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity
Kidnapped in Afghanistan and held from October to November 2008
James Loney Captivity
Kidnapped in Iraq and held from November 2005 to March 2006