Authors: Jessica Buchanan,Erik Landemalm,Anthony Flacco
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
and targeting of Buchanan’s surviving kidnappers,
278
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
secrecy concerns and,
142
Fizel,
120
G
Buchanan’s rescue and,
264
Buchanan’s trip to,
5
–8
and care packages for Buchanan,
253
FBI intelligence collection and,
231
Galkayo Prison,
185
–87
Galmudug clan,
266
Garowe,
24
modeling of,
39
–40
neglected in Africa,
43
nice,
58
see also
women
gossip lines,
26
,
31
,
168
,
170
,
266
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
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
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
in Somalia,
3
–4
Italy,
274
–75
J
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