HOSTAGE: A YEAR AT GUNPOINT WITH SOMALI GANGSTERS
By: Chandler, Paul
The dramatic account of a British couple's kidnap by Somali pirates and their
subsequent spell in captivity is revealed for the first time. On October 23,
2009, British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler were kidnapped from their sailing
boat off the archipelago of the Seychelles. Naval forces and search rescue
centres did not swing into full action until the story broke on October 27 when
Somalis informed the media that the couple were in their hands. The yacht, S/Y
Lynn Rival , was found the next day by naval forces, abandoned off the Central
Somali Coast. After the attack, Paul and Rachel were taken first onto a
previously hijacked merchant ship, the MV Kota Wajar , and then onto land near
Ceel Huur, north of Harardheere on the coast of Somalia. The couple were
released, over a year later, on November 14, 2010, after a reported $800,000
ransom was paid. In this remarkable book, Paul and Rachel Chandler exclusively
recount their ordeal, revealing the entire breathtaking, inspiring and poignant
story behind the dramatic headlines. At the heart of their survival was their
unshakable belief in each other and their determination to survive against all
the odds, making Hostage an unlikely love story, in which death, at times,
seemed preferable to being separated. TitlePeek
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