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kidnapped by somali pirates and held hostage for a grueling 93 days. her ransom was initially set at $45 million and as her captors starved her day in and day out, she had no idea that anyone was thinking about her or coming for her. after more than three months in the desert with negotiations failing and jessica's health declining, president obama gave the go ahead for u.s. forces to enter somalia and bring jessica's long nightmare to an end. she describes her ordeal in a new book called "impossible odds, the kidnapping of jessica buchanan and her dramatic rescue by s.e.a.l. team 6." i spoke with jessica and her husband eric. tell me what happened when you were kidnapped. you were driving down a road. how quickly did it all take place? >> i mean, it was just a split second. we were in our three vehicle caravan with spu, the security police unit, in front of us and behind us, and then the ex-pats were in the middle. we were in our way back across the green line to the north office, where it was a bit safer.

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