Are Nigel Brennan and Amanda Lindhout still friends?

Brennan said the experience has taken a toll on his friendship with Lindhout. The two haven’t spoken in some seven years and avoided speaking to one another, at least publicly, while together in the same courtroom Wednesday. Brennan said he now seeks closure for the terrible ordeal that has rocked his family life.

Where is Ali Omar Ader?

Ali Omar Ader is currently sitting in a Canadian prison after being sentenced in 2018 for his role in the brutal 2008 kidnapping of Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout.

Is a house in the sky a true story?

A House in the Sky is a 2013 memoir by Amanda Lindhout, co-written with the journalist Sara Corbett. It recounts Lindhout’s experience in southern Somalia as a hostage of teenage militants from the Hizbul Islam fundamentalist group. The book was a New York Times bestseller in 2013.

How was Melissa Fung freed?

2008 kidnapping On October 12, while en route to a refugee camp near Kabul, she was kidnapped by armed men. Fung alerted her employer using her mobile phone and stated that the kidnappers were not Taliban but “bandits”. Fung was finally released on November 8, 2008, after weeks of negotiations.

Who is Melissa Fung married to?

correspondent Paul Workman
We are sitting in the kitchen of her flat in Primrose Hill, London, where she has lived for the past five years with her husband, the Canadian TV news correspondent Paul Workman, and their rescue mutt Sammy. Back in her native Canada, Fung’s kidnapping is a matter of public record.

Did Marie Lindhout have a baby while in captivity?

There have been suggestions that Lindhout gave birth to a boy named Osama while she was in captivity but has never spoken of it – only said that she has endured ‘unspeakable atrocities’, the Post reported.

Where is Amanda Lindhout from?

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Amanda Lindhout (born June 12, 1981) is a Canadian humanitarian, public speaker and journalist. On August 23, 2008, she and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia.

What happened to the Lindhout brothers?

They were pistol-whipped and locked in chains after their escape attempt. There have been suggestions that Lindhout gave birth to a boy named Osama while she was in captivity but has never spoken of it – only said that she has endured ‘unspeakable atrocities’, the Post reported.

What happened to Amanda Lindhout?

Amanda Lindhout naively flew to the impoverished and volatile nation in 2008 at the age of 24 after convincing an ex-boyfriend to come along on the dangerous jaunt. Miss Lindhout and Nigel Brennan, a 36-year-old Australian photographer, were kidnapped on their third day in the country.