Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle

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Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle

by Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell

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On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American civilian contractors--Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Tom Howes--crash-landed in the mountainous jungle of Colombia. Dazed and shaken, they emerged from the plane bloodied and injured as gunfire rained down around them. As of that moment they were prisoners of the FARC, a Colombian terrorist and Marxist rebel organ

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In "Out of Captivity," Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes recount for the first time their amazing tale of survival, friendship, and, ultimately, rescue, tracing their five and a half years as hostages of the FARC. Their story takes you inside one of the world's most notorious terrorist organizations, going behind enemy lines with vivid and haunting imagery. Their words conjure a reality that few people have ever encountered--from sleeping on beds literally carved out of the jungle to escaping Colombian military air strikes under the cover of darkness to being bound with steel chains by their captors. Describing backbreaking starvation marches and forced isolation, the authors chronicle their confrontations and interactions with the FARC guerrilla soldiers--a motley crew of brainwashed, idealistic teenagers and seasoned vet-erans who've been around long enough to realize that the only way out of the FARC is in a body bag.

Though the physical punishments their bodies endured were unrelenting, the psychological battles they waged were the ultimate test of their resolve. With candid detail, Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes relate the perilous mental struggles they each experienced, as they grappled with feelings of guilt, fear, and anxiety for the families and lives they'd left behind. Exposing the transformative power of captivity, they show how they turned these fears into strengths, using their memories and their families, their pasts and their futures, to motivate them in their quest for survival.

Despite the odds and the conditions, despite the chains and the silence, and despite the often tense relationships they experienced with their fellow Colombian hostages, they had one another, forging a bond that allowed them to cope with the horrific conditions of their confinement. This brotherhood enabled them to persevere through the worst that the FARC threw at them while always reminding them of their ultimate goal: freedom.

A harrowing account of one of the longest civilian hostage crises in United States history, "Out of Captivity" is a remarkable and compelling exploration of how far three Americans were willing to go as they fought to stay alive for themselves, their families, and one another.

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Published March 1st 2009 by William Morrow & Company (first published January 1st 2009)

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Nov 11, 2010

Trish rated it

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I could feel their pain...and boredom...I decided not to be held captive. (March 2009)

(November 2010) I returned to this book after reading Ingrid Betancourt's Even Silence has an End. Betancourt's narrative allowed me to understand what exactly conditions were like in the Colombian Amazon as a prisoner of the FARC rebels. Her beautifully written memoir provided the necessary interface with which an ordinary citizen might be able to enter the terror, pain, boredom, and physical puni...moreI could feel their pain...and boredom...I decided not to be held captive. (March 2009)

(November 2010) I returned to this book after reading Ingrid Betancourt's Even Silence has an End. Betancourt's narrative allowed me to understand what exactly conditions were like in the Colombian Amazon as a prisoner of the FARC rebels. Her beautifully written memoir provided the necessary interface with which an ordinary citizen might be able to enter the terror, pain, boredom, and physical punishment that is an everyday expectation of life as a prisoner in the Amazon jungle. As a result, the book written by the three American contractors held simultaneously with Betancourt is far more interesting and accessible to me now.

One of the more interesting aspects of this memoir are the personal voices of three men, all writing about a time or a place, recounting the things and people they remember, what was important to them. The personalities of each are evident in their choice of language and choice of things to relate. One comes to like and admire each of them for their stamina, strength of character, and personal standards in such a difficult environment. And most fascinating of all, perhaps, is the story of how they managed to come out of the forest so healthy and well-looking, despite lingering illnesses each would battle over the coming years. Undoubtedly the reliance of each man on the other two served them well over that time, and one wishes them peace now, and a measure of satisfaction for having survived the ordeal.

One does wonder about the FARC rebels after all these books: how do they manage to maintain discipline, sort priorities, get supplies, inculcate a sense of structure and belonging in such a diffuse environment? It is not exactly easy-street to pack up a camp and move for 40 days through a rain forest. They must suffer as much as the prisoners they hold. I can't help but think a reality television show or TV series set in such an environment would be compulsive, required watching. How crass is that? That's the American in me, to ignore their platform of revolución and think only of ways to popularize and capitalize on it. No, truthfully, I'd like to hear something coherent from the FARC--to see if they can support the somewhat ridiculous notion of hostage-taking with some reason.(less)

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Mar 19, 2009

Karen rated it

This book was fascinating; of course, I had a special interest in reading it as my husband used to work with these guys in Colombia. I can relate to everything in the book... all the political ideas, the fear of doing a job like that, etc. I recommend it for anyone who is interested in learning about the drug cartel and the risks these government contractors take in trying to keep illegal drugs out of America.

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Sep 09, 2011

Penny rated it

What a great look into the war on drug in such a tumultious, gorilla warfare ridden place. This is a the true tale of a flight crew that crash lands in the Colombian Jungle while trying to return to base camp, only to be taken hostage by the FARC the years lived, moving from location to location under the jungle canopy and how the government faked out the FARC and was able to secure the release of several of those people and a women who was of French/Colombian origin who had planned to run for a...more

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Feb 11, 2011

Paul Pessolano rated it

This is the true story of 3 men in the Columbian jungle. The 3 were working for a company hired by the United States Government to fly over the Columbian jungle and try to locate poppy fields or sites that were processing the seed into drugs.

On February 13, 2003 on a routine flight their plane had engine problems and they had to crash land in the jungle.

On July 02, 2008 they were rescued, and regained their freedom after 5 years of captivity.

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Dec 28, 2010

Veronica rated it

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Some heavy hints resulted in my getting this book for Christmas – along with Clara Rojas’ book. It certainly hasn’t dethroned Ingrid Betancourt’s book, which remains one of the best I’ve read this year, but it was interesting getting these totally different perspectives on some of the same events.

I didn’t feel the three men delivered any real insights into their states of mind during this unimaginably long captivity the way that Betancourt did. The narrative plays up the stereotype o...moreSome heavy hints resulted in my getting this book for Christmas – along with Clara Rojas’ book. It certainly hasn’t dethroned Ingrid Betancourt’s book, which remains one of the best I’ve read this year, but it was interesting getting these totally different perspectives on some of the same events.

I didn’t feel the three men delivered any real insights into their states of mind during this unimaginably long captivity the way that Betancourt did. The narrative plays up the stereotype of American resolve and self-belief, of a band of brothers standing together, when in reality they must have had times of doubt and depression. And like Betancourt's, the book could have been shorter.

They were clearly three very different characters, and it was a bit of a pity that having a ghost writer smoothed out some of the differences; often I had to check who was “writing”. I liked Tom’s analytical approach, and Marc’s “touchy-feely” character, always willing to give people a second chance even when they’d behaved badly. It was predictable that I’d feel the least sympathy for alpha-male Keith, who’d behaved badly himself and described Betancourt as “the most disgusting human being I’ve ever met”. He seems to have decided from the outset that he loathed her so that behaviour that he’d find acceptable in others (including the FARC) suddenly became despicable when she did it, and her more courageous acts (including escape attempts which the Americans never dared try) were only grudgingly acknowledged or dismissed as “stupid”. He’s clearly not a man who is comfortable with the idea of an ambitious, powerful woman. In particular, the account of the “radio incident” here didn’t change my mind about the despicable way he behaved; if he’d been on the receiving end of his bluff, I think he’d have reacted the same way Ingrid did. But I could admire him too; he was a very tough guy and must have played a large role in the cohesion and survival of the three men, who developed a deep bond despite their different characters. And he did have the strength to re-evaluate his own behaviour and decide to change it.

The upshot was that I felt even sadder for Betancourt. The three Americans were very lucky to have each other, and in general they were treated better than the Colombian prisoners. It comes across here, more than it does in her own book, how hard it must have been for Betancourt to be (for much of the time) the only female hostage in the group, especially when her spiky character made her not that approachable, and when the FARC isolated her from what human contact she could have with people who were sympathetic to her. No wonder she went a bit crazy.

So of you only read one book about this, I would still say “Read Betancourt’s”. Even then, it’s still impossible for anyone who wasn’t there to imagine what this captivity was like. And neither this book nor Betancourt's sheds light on what I'm most curious about: the miserable living conditions that cause teenagers to join FARC in the first place. How bad must their lives be if this is better?

Footnote: it's kind of shocking to see from reviews here how little public awareness there was in the US of what these men were going through, and how little the US government apparently did to help them, at least in the first few years. If you lived in France and didn't know about Betancourt, it was because you were living under a rock.

Oh, and while reading this, remember that unlike Ingrid Betancourt, these men knew little to nothing about Colombian politics and culture. They were working there for the money, had little interest in the country they spent much of their time in, and initially only Tom (who was married to a Peruvian woman) spoke passable Spanish. So take their views on politics with a few pinches of salt. (less)

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Jul 30, 2009

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There’s a war going on, and it is being fought everyday. It’s a war that knows no borders, no gender, no age, no class, and no race. It is the drug war, being fought not just on the streets of Los Angeles, Chicago or other major U.S. cities, not just on the streets of Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, or other Mexican border and coastal towns, but deep in the heart of the Colombian jungle.
Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 days in the Colombian Jungle is the story of three brave American men, who w...moreThere’s a war going on, and it is being fought everyday. It’s a war that knows no borders, no gender, no age, no class, and no race. It is the drug war, being fought not just on the streets of Los Angeles, Chicago or other major U.S. cities, not just on the streets of Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, or other Mexican border and coastal towns, but deep in the heart of the Colombian jungle.
Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 days in the Colombian Jungle is the story of three brave American men, who were doing their part in America’s war on drugs against the Colombian drug market when their airplane malfunctioned and crashed in the dense jungle while conducting a routine aerial reconnaissance mission.
It was February 13th of 2003 when Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Tom Howes, were performing their duties as civilian contractors working for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), flying over the thick, green Colombian jungle, went down. Their mission that day was to snap pictures of and pinpoint the locations of the coca fields hiding beneath the jungle canopy so that both U.S. and Colombian air strikes could find and destroy this product prior to being harvested, processed and distributed as in 2002 alone, over 650 tons of cocaine were processed in Colombia, 494 tons of which went to the United States. Little did they know that they’d be getting an up close and personal view of what they were taking pictures of from above only moments before.
Almost immediately upon impact, Mark, Keith, and Tom, along with pilot Tom Jannis, and Colombian Army Sergeant Cruz along for the ride that day, are captured by the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), a Colombian terrorist group with Marxist ideologies who had been terrorizing Colombia as early as 1964. Wounded, dazed, and confused, Mark, Keith and Tom would be led off one path, while Tom Janis and Sergeant Cruz would be led off in another, never to be heard from again.
For more than five years, Mark, Keith and Tom would be held captive by the FARC, forced to march everywhere the FARC marched, practically being starved, and having to overcome just about every jungle parasite disease there was to contract. Theirs is a story of improvising, overcoming and adapting, not hard as Keith was a SERE trained Marine Corps veteran and Mark, an Air Force vet himself. Because of their military discipline and Tom’s attention to detail and strong work ethic, they are able to overcome every hardship the undisciplined FARC rebels threw at them.
What is interesting to point out is that although they were being held prisoners, they weren’t treated as cruel as one would imagine a political prisoner would be treated. Yes they were treated slightly inhumane, but they were never beaten, nor forced to hurt each other or other prisoners. Another interesting point is that they were able to develop different types of bonds with some of their captors, although their relationship at no time ever flirted with being considered Stockholm Syndrome.
This book is a good read for anyone that wants to read a true story of people who did what they had to do to survive. Of people who never felt sorry for themselves, and never gave up. Through faith in God, love of family and of each other, Keith, Tom, and Marc are able to survive their captivity, and ultimately make it back home.
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May 19, 2009

Kevin "El Liso Grande" Sprinkle rated it

First off, I am a bit disappointed in myself for not having known this story before I read this book. Three Americans were held hostage for more than 5 years in the jungles of Colombia, were just rescued in 2008 and I didn't know anything about this? I need to be more aware of things going on in this world.

This book was written in a three person narrative style that worked very well. By having each of the three men tell the events from their perspective made for a more thought provok...more

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Apr 17, 2010

Mike rated it

If you have ever dreamed of taking that once in a life time trip to the rain forests of Colombia, read this book and see if you still want to. There are plenty of other places I would rather be than in the hands of the FARC. Granted not everyone who travels to Colombia is abducted by terrorists, but many people who have lived there or visited have been affected negatively by this group. The authors of this book did an excellent job bringing the plight of hostages and even some FARC members into ...more

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Aug 02, 2011

Maria Guzman added it

I learned a lot about human nature, the FARC, politics and international conflict resolution. The plot was interestig but felt disconnected at times. The first half of the book failed to drag me in, so it took me a while to go through it; by the second half I had enough info to stay involved and the writer got a little more more dramatic. There are obvious problems with cultural interpretations. At one point they mention that saying that something would happen in 8 days instead of a week (wh...more

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Nov 12, 2009

Michele Montgomery rated it

WOW...What an eye opening experience for me. Just how it is that I didn't even know these men and others like them were and are still being used in those drug lords sick and twisted games? How could I not know that these people were taken from a plane wreck, and marched all over the Colombian Jungle? How come I didn't know their 2 friends were KILLED by those jungle rats in Columbia?

I admire the men who told this story in this book. I cried with them, grew angry alongside of them. I...more

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May 18, 2010

Lou Yonke rated it

I thought I kept up on current events, but somehow I missed the news during the more than FIVE YEARS these three men were held hostage in Colombia. The writing is not great, but that's a bit much to ask for from men who were locked up in the South American jungle for nearly 1,967 days and nights (and who were obviously not trained to be novelists). The story is told in the first person equally by each of the three authors.

What is most amazing to me is that this took place between 2...more

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Apr 30, 2011

Mr. Pilsener rated it

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Although I disagree with the reason Marc, Keith, and Tom were in Colombia in the first place ("War on drugs"), I focused on the human condition aspect of their 5-1/2 years in captivity and found it to be an intriguing read. The premise of the book is how these three Americans survived for so long under the FARC. I admired the trio's system of communication and spirit building methods under adverse conditions. Their account of the mundane time in the jungle and trying to underst...more Although I disagree with the reason Marc, Keith, and Tom were in Colombia in the first place ("War on drugs"), I focused on the human condition aspect of their 5-1/2 years in captivity and found it to be an intriguing read. The premise of the book is how these three Americans survived for so long under the FARC. I admired the trio's system of communication and spirit building methods under adverse conditions. Their account of the mundane time in the jungle and trying to understand how the FARC thinks and organizes itself, struck a somewhat personal note with me, but certainly not to the extent of anything they experienced. Having lived near there (Ecuador) for three years, I found some of their reactions to South American idiosyncracies and culture to be believable and at times, humorous.

I think my personality would've clashed with that of Keith, though he did seem to read Ingrid Betancourt and certain situations correctly. Assuming their assessment of her is true, she is either bipolar, or an insecure backstabber. I would've gotten along well with Marc, as he is the more "tranquilo" one. I could also identify with Tom, as he is fluent in Spanish and was able to reach out to the FARC and Colombian prisoners, which made Keith feel insecure. I especially felt in his shoes in the part when Keith thinks he is betraying the trio by speaking Spanish to them and being a "buddy." I've felt the same way here speaking Spanish to Latinos in front of gringos.

As a person with liberal political views, their right wing views took a little away from the book for me, especially their views on Iraq, and why we were there. They didn't seem to understand that U.S. meddling in other countries, as well as the failed "War on drugs" (in bed with the private prison industry) helps create the very terrorists that held them captive. Maybe if drugs were legalized in America, the FARC's finances would effectively collapse and ultimately sink them.

What I also found far-fetched, were all the conversations in the book. Did they really remember what everyone said 2, 3, 4, 5 years, etc. ago? I understand that they had to portray the reality of their situation, but it leaves me wondering how much error/half-truths they may have added to the book. There are also some spelling errors in the book that were especially notable when talking about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Their personal accounts of family trials and tribulations seemed believable. The end was gripping and touching when they were finally rescued by the Colombian army. All in all, I looked forward to the rescue by reading it every chance I had. Overall, it was a decent read.(less)

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Jun 22, 2009

Morris rated it

This book is one I would suggest that everyone read. I really started out thinking that there is no way this subject could hold my interest for 450+ pages; however, I was wrong. You can't imagine what these three men went through. It gives you a real understanding of the affect of the drug trade on not only our population but on the people of Columbia. Basically the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC or The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, recruit the poorest of their ...more

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Aug 09, 2011

Ken added it

Out of Captivity tells the story of three Americans captured by a terrorist-guerrilla organization called FARC in the jungles of Columbia. The three are marched all over the jungle to keep them ahead of the Columbian army which is trying to free them. At times they have relative comfort while at others they are treated very barbarously. The story is told by all three and we find how they grow in their understanding of themselves, their two buddies, the other captives they are thrown in with a...more

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Dec 08, 2010

Rachel rated it

This is the second book I read about the hostages taken by the FARC. These men were Americans that were captured after surviving a plane crash in the Columbian jungle. It was an engrossing read and I would often find myself doing mundane daily things and thinking about them. It made me appreicate my freedom more and the freedome we take for granted here in the US. I did think they could have been more bluntly honest in their book (if was written by all 3 men) just as Ingrid Bettancourt could...more

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Jun 29, 2009

Andy rated it

I remember reading at the time about the French woman's captivity and then escape from FARC and then again when this book was first published with a different perspective on her relations with the captors and fellow hostages. That's why I bought it. But this book was much more than that. It was written by the three American hostages who I think showed great courage and preseverance during their long ordeal. It was a great book, read like a novel and avoided simplistic depictions of their captor...more

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Dec 13, 2010

Monta rated it

It was really interesting reading this same (or similar) story from three different view points. I read Ingrid Betancourt's version first, then this one, then Clara Rojas' version. The three Americans' version was the most "normal" to me. Politicians simply have a different outlook on life. They are arrogant and self-centered. Actions they felt were normal were way outside my purview of normalcy. The three Americans were just normal people who acted in what I felt was a normal wa...more

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Dec 07, 2010

Stephanie Vincent rated it

Let's see... after seeing lots of interviews and documentaries about Ingrid and these 3 americans being kidnapped I decided to read both books, as most reviews said that both books were opposite to each other. To my surprise I realized that this book is pretty similar to Ingrid Betancourt's when it comes to the boredom, the way they were treated, what they were fed, etc, but I thought most of the stories of confrontation with Ingrid were gonna be completely different... and they are not. Both b...more

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Apr 07, 2011

Pamela rated it

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Haunting. These guys were hostages in Colombia while we lived there in Bogota. There are times during the book when I could correlate what I was doing and where I was at....at that time. We lived within 2 miles of the car bombing at the military academy. I clearly remember that day, the communication from the Embassy to stay in our apartment behind the armored door...and to not leave until they communicated to us a level of safety.

That said...

Amazing true story. I a...more

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Dec 21, 2010

La Petite Américaine rated it

Recommends it for: People interested in Colombia/the FARC/Clara Rojas/Ingrid Betancourt

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Three Americans survive over five years as hostages in the Colombian jungle. That in itself is bad ass. However, it reads a lot like a conversation you could have in a bar with some old war vets if you bought them a few drinks: charming, interesting, but at a certain point you're sorry you asked and wish they'd shut the fuck up about the glory days because the bar is closing and people want to get home.

The most interesting thing about this book is the controversial figure, Ingrid Beta...more

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Oct 02, 2011

Leslie rated it

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An interesting and informative book about and by three men held in the Columbian Jungle for over five years by the terrorist organinazation FARC. I had never even heard of FARC, but they are holding hundred of hostages in the jungles of Columbia, fighting a war against the government that has lasted over forty years.

The three men were subcontractors, working for the US government, trying to destroy the cocaine that FARC produces and exports to finance their operations. The plane ha...more

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Nov 18, 2011

DrVanne is currently reading it

I bought this book at an airport in one of my trips last year. However, never got to really read it. Sometimes when one lives in a country with so many bad news everyday for the last several years, one more kidnap, one more attack, one more death is just like one more raindrop in a storm. I, however, don't want to grow distant from the real pain many people live daily as I go to bed. I want to read this story because I believe it will give another perspective from a war I have long ignored.

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Oct 01, 2010

Kathy rated it

Having lived in Colombia on a missionary center that was occasionally "closed down" due to FARC activity in the area, this book was fascinating to me. I always knew that these guerrillas were mostly very young, poverty-stricken, uneducated teenagers sucked into the organization with false promises. Marc, Keith and Tom were able to keep diaries of their 5+ year captivity and thus they paint a very detailed, accurate picture of the hell that their lives became. It was especially inter...more

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Feb 22, 2011

Jenn rated it

After reading 3 books and 5 different perspectives, this was definitely my favorite memoir of them all. Maybe it's because they are American but I loved how they kept it together, under very harsh circumstances. They told it in a much more interesting way and it didn't seem to drone on like Ingrid's book did. I wish there was a book about how the Columbian Government pulled off the amazing victory to dupe the guerillas and save 15 hostages; that was the truly amazing part of it all. It was sad...more

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Jun 30, 2009

Dorinda Abner rated it

This was a fascinating book. The authors did such a wonderful job of describing their ordeal, you couldn't help but feel their pain. I know they had a co-writer, but it is amazing to me how 3 men, who are not authors, could put such so much of themselves into their words. Thankfully they were allowed to have paper and pencil so they could chronicle their days in captivity. I had no idea that these prisoners even existed until hearing of their safe return. These men survived together, and ...more

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Jan 26, 2012

Ariadna73 rated it

This is what I loved about this book: the authors are not interested in public service in Colombia. There are a million pages written about kidnapped people; but they always want something back: a vote. Here are these three guys that only want to tell the world what happened to them and how they survived. I loved the story and the fact that they are neutral to the Colombian conflict.

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Jul 06, 2009

Barbara rated it

This is an amazing story, told with three different voices by the three survivors, of about 5 years spent in the jungles of Colombia after being captured by FARC rebels. The writing's not beautiful, because the narrators are pilots and military contractors, but the events are compelling. I started the book thinking how can anybody survive 5 years in captivity, and came away at the end understanding how they could and admiring their endurance.

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May 09, 2009

Krista rated it

Hard to believe how long these men survived in the Columbian jungle. They were doing reconaissance on drug production centers for the DEA when their plane crashed. Captured by FARC guerillas, they proceeded to spend the next 1,967 days in the jungle. Forced to endure sub-standard living conditions, brutal marches and sadistic guards, these three men discovered how tough they were physically and mentally and that together they would make it home.

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Mar 19, 2009

Colleen rated it

What a great read! Out of Captivity was the story of three Americans taken hostage by the FARC. Although the FARC was the true enemy of these men, the story takes a surprising turn when Ingrid (a woman who ran for Colombian office) enters the storyline. Boy did this story dirty up her reputation as she was not presented in a good light!

Although the story was truly sad I thought it was a great read and I admire these men for enduring a rough five years as prisoners in the Colombian ju...more

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Oct 25, 2010

Diana rated it

"Without stating it directly, they made it clear that Marc, Keith, and I would not be separated from one another for long periods of time."p.432
"You can't pick your family members, you're born with them. The same goes for your fellow hostages. We are family now. And together we did it; we survived. I love you, my brothers." p.457

Excellent, excellent book! these three guys told their story in such a warm and caring way! my favorite part was the incredible bond...more

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