Former hostage Mark Frerichs describes how he endured in captivity by the Taliban.
Second of two parts Mark Frerichs quickly realized there was no logic to the punishments he faced while a hostage of the Taliban.
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"I got it all painted up and put a stereo in. It was like a mobile living room with power windows and leather seats ... and suicide doors. It was my cruisermobile." On any given day, he could be responding to pilot crashes or performing submarine security checks."I like adventure," Frerichs admitted. Another challenge beckoned in 2009, when he contracted with the U.S. and Afghan governments coordinating construction projects."You're dealing with a remote area, it's hostile, getting materials is difficult, and the stuff you get is substandard, most of it. To top it off -- clients want it up to Western standards.
Sometimes Frerichs' guards would share information with him, such as Americans dying from a mysterious coronavirus in 2020. In April 2021 at an unrelated Oval Office meeting, she secured a face-to-face with Biden and spoke up passionately.The president"knew of Mark, he knew he was a Navy veteran. He said, 'Tammy, we're going to get him home. It might take a while, but we're going to do everything we can.'"
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