“It’s like being taken, suddenly, and nailed in a box — or a coffin. You’re left there in silence and darkness while the rest of the world goes on.
Eventually, you’ll be released from that box to face the world, and your world, and the changes that have come about.” Tom Hargrove’s diary, Day 36.
Twenty-five years ago, my dad was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). While he was held hostage high in the Andes mountains, his captors realized that, in order to have any chance of getting a ransom paid, they would have to bypass law enforcement authorities and deal directly with our family.