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‘They’d ask me: “Do you want to die today?”’ How I was kidnapped by pirates – and rescued by US Navy Seals

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Jessica Buchanan , 32 , was kidnapped in Somalia in October 2011 .

She was a regional educational adviser teaching children how to avoid landmines and war munitions.

She had planned to attend staff training in the south of the country but was worried about her safety.

The kidnappers put an AK-47 to her head and ordered her to walk into the wilderness.

She believed they were marching to their deaths to be dignified, not an ideological one that would culminate in a public execution.

Buchanan was held captive for 13 years by her captors in Somalia .

She was the only female aid worker in the country.

She and Thisted Thisted were forced into captivity by their captors.

They agreed to collect information and avoid being raped.

They could acknowledge fear and loneliness, boredom and frustration but never despair.

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61

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58

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64

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

30

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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