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The traveler tells the story of his two months held in Syria s notorious prisons, and how his family got a Lebanese official to help secure his release. ....
Katherine Blanner Originally published on February 4, 2021 8:07 am Sam Goodwin s first day in captivity was one of his worst. This was the point where I was incredibly terrified, he recalls about his ordeal. I felt like I had committed suicide but I was still alive. A few hours earlier, on May 25, 2019, Goodwin was detained at a Syrian army checkpoint in the northeast part of the country. A truck pulled up and two armed men jumped out and told me to get inside. I did not have a choice, Goodwin says. Goodwin, from St. Louis, was 30 when he was trapped in Syria s notoriously brutal prison system for 62 days. He s one of the few Americans who have been there and now, after his family and Lebanese intermediaries helped secure his release, he s telling his story. ....
Katherine Blanner Originally published on February 4, 2021 10:07 am Sam Goodwin s first day in captivity was one of his worst. This was the point where I was incredibly terrified, he recalls about his ordeal. I felt like I had committed suicide but I was still alive. A few hours earlier, on May 25, 2019, Goodwin was detained at a Syrian army checkpoint in the northeast part of the country. A truck pulled up and two armed men jumped out and told me to get inside. I did not have a choice, Goodwin says. Goodwin, from St. Louis, was 30 when he was trapped in Syria s notoriously brutal prison system for 62 days. He s one of the few Americans who have been there and now, after his family and Lebanese intermediaries helped secure his release, he s telling his story. ....