B009G3EPMQ EBOK (37 page)

video messages of,
177
–81,
267

visualizations of,
145
,
212
,
223
–24,
227
–28,
247
–48

walks in desert of,
17
–21,
79
,
83
,
85
,
93
–95,
112
,
137
,
162
–63,
202

water concerns of,
105
,
108
,
119
–20,
154
,
173

wedding of,
72

weight loss of,
247
,
264
,
270

Buchanan, John (father),
107

charitable service of,
40

daughter’s adolescence and,
35
,
37
–41

daughter’s ambitions and,
39

daughter’s captivity and,
142
,
146
–47

daughter’s kidnapping and,
25
–28,
103
–4,
156
,
212
–13

daughter’s post-rescue phone conversation with,
272

daughter’s prayers and,
228

and daughter’s proof-of-life phone calls,
110
,
112
,
193
,
196

and daughter’s relationship with Thisted,
88
–89

daughter’s rescue and,
262

and daughter’s return to Africa,
59

daughter’s reunion with,
277

departure from Africa of,
204

at dinner with Espenshades,
212
–13

hostage negotiations and,
157

move to Nairobi of,
156
–58,
196
,
212

religious beliefs of,
25
,
69
,
71
,
103
–4,
146
–47,
157
,
277

and son-in-law,
25
–28,
69
,
71
–72,
103
–4,
204

wife’s death and,
103
,
145
–46,
284

woodworking of,
25
,
37

Buchanan, Marilyn (mother),
45
–46

charitable service of,
40

daughter’s ambitions and,
39

daughter’s captivity and,
174
–75

and daughter’s childhood and adolescence,
35
,
39
–40,
71

and daughter’s courtship by husband,
69
,
71
–72

daughter’s kidnapping and,
12

daughter’s rescue and,
247

and daughter’s return to Africa,
59

and daughter’s thoughts about death,
247

daughter’s visualizations and,
227
,
247
–48

death of,
12
,
25
,
103
,
145
–46,
174
,
247
,
284

funeral of,
146
,
174

religious beliefs of,
69
,
71
–72

Buchanan, Stephen (brother),
37

departure from Africa of,
204

at dinner with Espenshades,
212
–13

hostage negotiations and,
157

move to Nairobi of,
156
–58,
196
,
212

sister’s captivity and,
142

sister’s kidnapping and,
212
–13

and sister’s proof-of-life phone calls,
193
,
196

sister’s reunion with,
277

C

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
28

Chairman:

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
112

Buchanan’s rescue and,
258
,
266

Buchanan’s video message and,
179

Buchanan’s water concerns and,
119

child soldiers and,
152

in kidnappers’ hierarchy,
86
,
90
,
92
,
94
,
109
,
207

physical appearance of,
109

ransom demands and,
140
–41,
153
,
179

secondary kidnapping and,
123

Childers, Sam:

background of,
47

Shekinah Fellowship Children’s Village and,
46
–48,
51
,
57

child soldiers,
37
–38,
43

Buchanan’s captivity and,
86
–87,
105
–6

and desperation in Somalia,
151

drugs used by,
20
–21,
49
,
57
,
77
–78,
86
–87,
106
,
150
–52,
218
–19

among kidnappers,
15
,
20
–21,
37
,
87
,
105
–6,
150
–53,
218
–22,
232

LRA and,
47
,
49
–50

ransom demands and,
151

Shekinah Fellowship Children’s Village and,
46
–50

training of,
150
–51

weaponry of,
20
,
57
,
78
,
86
,
106
,
140
,
152
,
220
,
225

Christians, Christianity,
25
,
35
,
44
,
69

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
102

Rosslyn Academy and,
59

Colonel,
224

Abdilahi’s fake escape story and,
221
–22

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
189

Buchanan’s rescue and,
258
,
266

Buchanan’s video message and,
178
–79

in hierarchy of kidnappers,
94
,
226

and Jabreel’s sexual advances toward Buchanan,
201

Crack Baby,
see
Abdilahi

Crisis Management Team (CMT):

Buchanan’s captivity and,
141
–42

Buchanan’s husband’s dream and,
254

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
24
,
27
,
113

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
133
–34,
188

Buchanan’s rescue and,
167
,
171

hostage negotiations and,
155
–57,
188

intelligence collection of,
170
–71

and post-rescue concerns for Buchanan,
214

secondary kidnappings and,
155

D

Dahir “Helper,”
117
,
159
–60,
224
–27,
246
–47

Buchanan’s diet and,
175
,
224
–25

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
190
–91

Buchanan’s relationship with,
147
,
160
,
175
,
224
,
246
,
258

Buchanan’s toilet concerns and,
243
–44

on captives’ release,
226
–27

nickname of,
160

physical appearance of,
246

raid on camp of,
250
–51,
258

ransom demands and,
227

religious beliefs of,
246

Daley, Richard M.,
36

deera,
264

Defense Department, U.S. (DOD),
214

Buchanan’s medical care and,
269

Buchanan’s rescue and,
234
–35

Denmark,
4

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
23

ransom demands and,
249

Thisted and,
11
,
23
,
77
,
234

Djibouti,
235
,
261
,
265
,
274

drones,
94
,
121
,
169
,
232

E

Espenshade, Matt:

Buchanan’s family entertained by,
212
–13

Buchanan’s father and,
28
,
212
–13

Buchanan’s husband and,
27
–31,
113
–15,
127
,
157
,
167
,
169
,
204
–5,
212
–14,
254
,
261
–62

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
27
–31,
113
–15,
212
–13

Buchanan’s rescue and,
28
,
30
–31,
113
–15,
167
,
213
–14,
254
,
261
–62

hostage negotiations and,
157
,
204
–5

and post-rescue concerns for Buchanan,
214

ransom demands and,
28
,
115
,
213

and targeting of Buchanan’s surviving kidnappers,
278

Evan,
63
–65,
67
–68

F

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI):

Buchanan’s debriefing and,
270
,
274

Buchanan’s husband and,
27
–32,
116
,
127
,
142
,
167
,
169
,
188
,
213
,
233
,
273

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
23
,
27
–32,
101
,
116
,
213

on Buchanan’s medical care,
233

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
188

Buchanan’s rescue and,
167
,
233
,
262
,
267

Buchanan’s surviving kidnappers targeted by,
278

hostage negotiations and,
156

intelligence collected by,
231
–33,
236

ransom demands and,
183
,
233

secrecy concerns and,
142

Fizel,
120

G

Galkayo,
121
,
241

Buchanan’s rescue and,
264

Buchanan’s trip to,
5
–8

and care packages for Buchanan,
253

FBI intelligence collection and,
231

violence in,
7
,
157

Galkayo Prison,
185
–87

Galmudug clan,
266

Garowe,
24

girls,
38
,
57
,
88

kidnapping of,
37
,
46

modeling of,
39
–40

neglected in Africa,
43

nice,
58

see also
women

gossip lines,
26
,
31
,
168
,
170
,
266

Green Line,
3
,
241

Buchanan’s escape thoughts and,
245

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
28
,
32
,
88

Buchanan’s rescue and,
262

and Buchanan’s trip to Galkayo,
6
–7

Guatemala,
43

Gypsy’s,
62
–67

H

Habr Gidir clan,
231
–32

Hardy, Dan:

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
24
–26,
116

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
111
,
133
–34,
188

Buchanan’s rescue and,
167
,
277

and checking of Buchanan’s and Thisted’s health,
143

hostage negotiations and,
156

ransom demands and,
133

text message sent to Jabreel by,
277
–78

Hargeisa:

Buchanan’s and husband’s homes in,
3
,
5
,
71
–72,
101
,
110
,
129
,
266
,
273

and Buchanan’s fear of retaliation,
266
,
273

Green Line and,
3

Hassan,
219
–20

Helper,
see
Dahir

High Altitude, High Opening (HAHO) jumps,
235

hijab,
159
,
162
,
217

homophobia,
11

Honduras,
57

Hostile Environment Individual Safety Training (HEIST),
13

human rights:

Buchanan’s husband’s dreams about,
187

Buchanan’s husband’s work on,
54
–55,
66
,
187
–88

I

“I Don’t Understand Your Ways,”
146
,
174

Islamists, Islam:

Buchanan’s kidnapping and,
102

Green Line and,
3

and punishment for theft,
107

Al-Shabaab and,
4
,
77
,
86

in Somalia,
3
–4

Italy,
274
–75

J

Jabreel,
176
–78,
224

Abdi’s argument with,
116
–18

Bashir’s authority and,
207
,
209

Buchanan’s fever and,
148
–49

Buchanan’s husband’s conversation with,
194
–96

and Buchanan’s plea-for-ransom phone call,
209
–10

and Buchanan’s proof-of-life phone calls,
109
–11,
120
–22,
132
,
159
,
189
,
193
–96

Buchanan’s relationship with,
118
–19,
123
–24,
159
–60,
200
–201,
209