Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted - Wikipedia
On January 25, 2012, a team of United States Navy SEALs raided a compound 12 miles north of the Somali city of Adado, killing nine Somali pirates and freeing their hostages, American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagen Thisted.
In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against 'Impossible Odds' - NPR
2013年5月14日 · In 2011, Jessica Buchanan, an aid worker in Somalia, was kidnapped by land pirates. For 93 days she fought off despair while her husband, Erik Landemalm, wondered if he'd ever see her again.
I Was Kidnapped by Somali Pirates and Almost Died - Best Life
2023年7月18日 · Jessica Buchanan was kidnapped at gunpoint, held for ransom for 93 days, and tortured by Somali pirates—until 24 Navy Seals saved her.
Jessica Buchanan Shares Experience After Surviving Kidnapping
2024年9月18日 · On a work trip to Galkayo in October 2011, pirates with guns kidnapped Buchanan and her Danish colleague, Poul Thisted, and held them for $45 million ransom. She was forced to live in the scorching desert for 93 days, losing 40 pounds while existing on paltry rations and sleeping on a thin mat, surrounded by terrifying kidnappers armed with AK-47s.
The Rescue of Jessica Buchanan - CBS News
2013年5月12日 · On a January night in 2012, members of SEAL Team Six jumped from a plane into the skies of Somalia. Jessica Buchanan was being held hostage and the SEALs were descending just in time....
U.S. special forces rescue Somalia aid workers - CNN
2012年1月25日 · Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Poul Thisted, 60, had been held since October 25, when they were abducted in Galkayo, central Somalia, after they visited humanitarian projects, said the Danish...
Statement by the President on Successful Hostage Rescue
2012年1月25日 · On Monday, I authorized an operation to rescue Jessica Buchanan, an American citizen who was kidnapped and held against her will for three months in Somalia. Thanks to the extraordinary courage and capabilities of our Special Operations Forces, yesterday Jessica Buchanan was rescued and she is on her way home.
'Impossible Odds' Details Aid Worker's Rescue From Somalia
2013年5月13日 · David Greene speaks with Jessica Buchanan and her husband Erik Landemalm about their book Impossible Odds. It's the story of Jessica's abduction, along with a fellow aid worker, by Somali...
What Actually Happened When the SEALs Pulled Off a Major …
2012年1月25日 · When 32-year-old Jessica Buchanan was kidnapped by her Somalian guides in October of 2011, not many believed she or her partner Hagen Thisted, 60, would ever be seen alive again.
Navy SEALs rescue kidnapped aid workers Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen ...
2012年1月25日 · Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Poul Hagen Thisted, 60, employees of a Danish aid agency, had been held for three months by armed men near the town of Adado in north-central Somalia.