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Episode "American Hostage"

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  • Photos of Terry Anderson released by his captors in Beirut, Lebanon
  • Journalist John McCarthy was kidnapped and held hostage for more than 5 years in Lebanon. (Photo taken nearly 20 years after his release)
  • As assistant to UN Secretary General, Giandomenico Picco negotiated the release of the last Lebanon hostages. (Photo taken nearly 20 years after the hostages were released)
  • Hostage Negotiator Terry Waite was himself kidnapped and held for nearly 5 years in Lebanon. (Photo taken nearly 20 years after his release)
  • Photos of Terry Anderson released by his captors in Beirut, Lebanon
  • AP Journalist Terry Anderson spent 2454 days (nearly 7 years) as a hostage in Lebanon. (Photo taken nearly 20 years after his release)

  • American Hostage 01

    Photos of Terry Anderson released by his captors in Beirut, Lebanon

  • American Hostage 05

    Journalist John McCarthy was kidnapped and held hostage for more than 5 years in Lebanon. (Photo taken nearly 20 years after his release)

  • American Hostage 04

    As assistant to UN Secretary General, Giandomenico Picco negotiated the release of the last Lebanon hostages. (Photo taken nearly 20 years after the hostages were released)

  • American Hostage 06

    Hostage Negotiator Terry Waite was himself kidnapped and held for nearly 5 years in Lebanon. (Photo taken nearly 20 years after his release)

  • American Hostage 02

    Photos of Terry Anderson released by his captors in Beirut, Lebanon

  • American Hostage 03

    AP Journalist Terry Anderson spent 2454 days (nearly 7 years) as a hostage in Lebanon. (Photo taken nearly 20 years after his release)