Last man standing (Pt 5) - Freedom is for other people
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Some of the hostages who were held with John Cantlie describe what life was like inside their prison cell, under the watch of brutal Isis guards. Their captors had a special role in mind for John… but why did Isis pick him?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manveen. |
| 0:03.8 | Today's episode is part 5 in our ongoing series, Last Man Standing, which is an investigation |
| 0:11.4 | to find out what happened to the British journalist John Cantley after he was kidnapped by ISIS |
| 0:18.8 | back in 2012. |
| 0:20.8 | If you haven't heard the first four parts, please do go back and listen before you hear |
| 0:25.6 | this. |
| 0:26.8 | Just search for Last Man Standing, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.3 | Also, just a quick warning. |
| 0:33.7 | This episode does contain descriptions of violence, torture and strong language throughout. |
| 0:43.0 | So, the deal goes down like this, there's a guy in a hire car at dusk on the Turkish |
| 0:58.2 | Syrian border with 2 million euros in a bag stuffed under the seat. |
| 1:05.1 | He's there to hand the money over to an Islamic state go between in return for the life of |
| 1:11.4 | a hostage. |
| 1:12.4 | I had basically been told to be at a specific point at a specific time carrying more than |
| 1:20.8 | 2 million euros in cash. |
| 1:23.6 | It was getting darker as I got there, it was supposed to happen at 8 o'clock. |
| 1:29.3 | The man doing this deal one night in the summer of 2014 by the Syrian border with a bag |
| 1:36.6 | stuffed full of euros was the man we're calling Arthur, the Danish hostage negotiator who |
| 1:44.0 | we heard from earlier in episode 3. |
| 1:47.2 | Back then, he was one of the people who'd been hired to look for James Foley, but now he |
| 1:54.0 | was desperately trying to save the life of another hostage held by ISIS. |
| 2:00.6 | He has been employed by the family of a young Danish photographer, Daniel Rae Ottison, |
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