They were able to basically, for a lot of us, replace the terrible images we were fed by isis of the way he was killed. We were able to replace those with his descriptions of how he behaved among his fellow hostages while they were in captivity. One french journalist that was held alongside him, he specifically spoke very movingly in public after james foley died. He talked in some detail about how generous he had been with his fellow captors while in captivity in the terrible circumstances in which they were held. We spent seven months in a very extreme situation together, including for one week, we were handcuffed, one to the other day and night. In circumstances where youre held captive, you come up with some kind of survival instincts meaning that for instance, are you try to grab everything you can find. And james was the total opposite. Basically everything he could share, he would share it. If we were missing blanks, he would share, if we were starving and missing food, he would
James foley was killed in august, amid the shock and disgust at his killing. The way they killed him, turning it into a propaganda video, amid that horror some of the people that news james foley in the last months of his life were able to provide a different picture of james foley. They were able to basically, for a lot of us replace the terrible images we were fed by isis of the way he was killed. We were able to replace those with his descriptions of how he behaved among his fellow hostages while they were in captivity. One french journalist that was held alongside him, he specifically spoke very movingly in public after james foley died. He talked in some detail about how generous he had been with his fellow captors while in captivity in the terrible circumstances in which they were held. We spent seven months in a very extreme situation together including for one week we were handcuffed, one to the other day and night. In circumstances where youre held captive, you come up with so