John Ridsdel was captured and held captive on September 21, 2015 and was pronounced dead today. Ridsdel had been taken by a Islamist terrorist group called Abu Sayyad. Ridsdel was taken along with three other and the group that kidnapped them sent in a video of them pleading for their lives. They said that something terrible would happen to one of the captives if they didn't give them what they wanted (which was a ransom). The ransom was nor met and in responce Ridsdel was killed.
This connects to the Iranian Hostage Crisis where Iran had stole some American Embassy peopleS America set out to get them back without anyone would be harmed or killed. Those people stayed in captivity for 444 daysd. The hostages that were with Ridsdel are still in captivity and everyone is working their best to try to get them back home safely.
Source:http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/25/asia/philippines-canadian-hostage-john-ridsdel-killed/index.html
It's really awful, especially since the killed man was older, having had so many experiences in his life.
ReplyDelete-Matthew Taylor