Rescue My Child: The Story of the Ex-Delta Commandos Who Bring Home Children Abducted Overseas

by Neil C. Livingstone

It is every mother's nightmare. An ex-husband abducts her children and spirits them abroad, far from the reach of U.S. law to an alien culture, where a mother may not even have the right to custody of her own children. As too many American women have discovered, their government cannot or will not do anything to help. They are desperate and alone with the fear that they may never see their children again. Fortunately, for a few mothers, there is a court of last resort: the ex-Delta Force commandos of Corporate Training Unlimited (CTU). Rescue My Child is the story of four daring overseas missions in which CTU commandos have located and rescued kidnapped American children. They brought an abused mother and her daughter home from Tunisia in a perilous seaborne escape. In the second story, the government of Jordan attempted to thwart a rescue by closing its borders and shutting down its international airport, but the commandos safely returned a young girl from Texas who had been abducted from her mother. In "The Bangladesh Sting," the commandos teamed up with two Oklahoma women to set a trap for the man both had married, in order to bring back the daughter he had taken. When they found her, the child was filthy and covered with lice. And in perhaps their most dangerous mission, the commandos rescued two children who had been kidnapped to Ecuador by their father. This time the father was an American, an ex-commando like themselves, and a trained killer. Had they been captured during any of these rescues, the commandos - and the mothers who accompanied them on their harrowing missions - would have been sentenced to long prison terms under brutal conditions. Yet, despite the tremendous risks and lack of financial rewards, the men and women of CTU continue to respond to pleas for help from desperate American mothers. To date, they have successfully carried out seven amazing rescue missions. In Rescue My Child, the reader will meet four mothers who wouldn't let anythin

Genres: Nonfiction

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

Reviews

[Noella · Rating 3 out of 5]

4 verhalen over kinderen die door hun vader ontvoerd zijn en door ex-Delta commando's teruggehaald worden naar hun moeder in de VS.

Het zijn aangrijpende verhalen, zeker als je beseft dat ze waargebeurd zijn, en hoe de moeders en meestal ook de kinderen, geleden hebben.

Ik hield echter niet zo van de verteltrant, maar feitelijk wordt je zo in beslag genomen door elk verhaal, en je wil weten hoe het afloopt, dat de manier waarop het geschreven is er niet veel meer toe doet.

Niet echt een denderend boek, maar interessant genoeg om door te lezen, al hou ik er niet echt van om over echte miserie van mensen te lezen.

[Jennifer Tackebury · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book. I know the people in 1 of the stories. Bless the commandos and the families who lived through it

[Mary Steele · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the stories were very interesting the writing was not very good.

[Hayden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly amazing stories of unsung heroes

[Sabrina Rutter · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this action packed true life tale you will get to read about how a group of ex Delta commandos get invovled in rescueing children that were wrongfully taken from their custodial parents. Even though you know the outcome of each and every story it still leaves you on the edge of your seat dieing to know how exactlty did they pull this mission off successfully.
This book stands as a good warning to women and men alike about the possible obstacles one might face when dating or marrying someone from another culture. When their are children involved it can become a devistating force when the relationship comes to it's end.
I have read several books like this one and sometimes the father that has taken the children back to his country has made the right choice, but the stories in this book are not like that. These kids are taken into poverty like none they have ever known, and some were even abused.
The ex-Delta cammandos at CTU recieve many requests from parents all over the US begging for their help. They don't like to get involved as CTU is really only a training facility for body guards and special task force units. When they do get invovled it's only becuase they feel it would be best for the child involved, and they feel that they can be successful. CTU never benefits financially for rescueing children from dire situations, but it does come at a hefty price! It costs anywhere from $25,000 to $50,000 to do this type of mission. This money goes into travel expenses, and in bribing whoever needs it along the way.
If you like to see wrongs set right then this will be a great book for you!

[Jim Dean · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just could not put it down love it.