meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Real Survival Stories

Aid Worker Kidnapped: Daring Bolt for Freedom (Part 2 of 2)

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We return to Jeff Frazier as he prepares for an audacious prison break. In the dead of night, with the guards distracted, he’ll make his move. Can he overcome the many obstacles in his path and escape into the jungle? Or will he be caught… and if so, what punishment awaits? A Noiser production, written by Joe Viner. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.

0:04.8

Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.

0:12.5

Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.

0:17.5

From startups to scaleups, online, in, and on the go. Shopify is made for

0:22.9

entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.

0:32.2

It's May 23. The dead of night in a deprived suburb to the south of Port-Aprance, Haiti. Two people,

0:41.7

a man and a woman, creep along the shadowy verge of a dirt road. Behind them, upper hill to the east,

0:50.1

is a 15-foot metal fence topped with razor wire. To the west sits a dense shanty town,

0:57.0

a sea of concrete and corrugated iron. Beyond that, at the crest of a slope gently rising above

1:05.0

the houses, lies a clump of thick jungle, darkly silhouetted against the moonlit sky.

1:11.6

That's where the man and woman are headed.

1:13.6

If they can get there, they'll be safe, at least for tonight.

1:17.6

But if they're spotted before they reach the tree line, they'll either be captured or shot.

1:25.6

They walk slowly, their heads lowered, carefully avoiding stepping on sticks or broken glass,

1:31.3

anything that could draw attention to them.

1:35.3

The woman is Haitian, small and wiry, but the man is tall, well over six feet, with broad shoulders and long arms.

1:47.0

His head is wrapped in a swaddle of black fabric, but a few wisps of scraggly dark facial

1:53.2

hair escaped the makeshift mask.

1:56.4

His name is Jeff Frazier.

2:00.4

He's an American, and in this dangerous neighborhood, foreigners are easy targets.

2:07.6

But however unsafe it is out here, it's better than where they've come from.

2:13.6

For the past 28 days, Jeff and the woman, whose name is Stephanie, have been living in captivity, locked in a filthy cell, suffering abuse at the hands of the gang who kidnapped them.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NOISER, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NOISER and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.