977 Days Captive By Somali Pirates

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🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Journalist Michael Scott Moore went to Somalia to write an article about Somali pirates only be kidnapped and held hostage for 977 days as his mother tried to come up with his ransom. He discusses his captivity, his one daring escape attempt, and how he didn’t even believe it when he was finally released. He discusses how pirates use the media to drive up their ransom demands, their shocking naiveté about America, and how the man known as the Somali pirate kingpin didn't even know about US policy against paying for hostages. He shares how one of his guards rationalized being a muslim and a pirate, why the supposed ideological motives for Somali piracy are b.s., and the strange fate that befell his pirate captors after he left. Order Michael Scott Moore's book The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast on Amazon or Audible. Visit his website at www.radiofreemike.net and follow him on twitter at @MichaelSctMoore. Today's podcast is sponsored by Monster Espresso and GooglePlay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:47.0	In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for the Spiegel,
1:53.0	journalist Michael Scott Moore traveled to the Horn of Africa to write about piracy and ways to end it.
1:59.0	In a terrible twist of fate, Moore himself was kidnapped and subsequently held captive by Somali pirates.
2:05.0	Subjected to conditions that break even the strongest spirits, physical injury, starvation, isolation and terror,
2:12.0	Moore's survival was a testament to his indomitable strength of mind.
2:16.0	In September 2014, after 977 days, he walked free when his ransom was put together
2:23.0	with the help of several U.S. and German institutions, friends, colleagues and his strong-willed mother.
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