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The Conversation: An Extraordinary Meeting Between Two Former Hostages

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Former hostages Amanda Lindhout and Ingrid Betancourt

21/11/2016 GMT

An Extraordinary Meeting Between Two Former Hostages

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What life as a hostage in the depths of the jungle or in a darkened room can teach you

What life as a hostage in the depths of the jungle or in a darkened room can teach you about yourself

In 2002, the French Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt became perhaps one of the best-known hostages in the world when she was kidnapped and held for over six years, deep in the Colombian jungle, by the Farc or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. 

Watching Ingrid's emotional release on TV in 2008, was a young Canadian journalist called Amanda Lindhout. A month later she herself was taken hostage at gun-point, on a work trip to Somalia. For the 460 days of Amanda's captivity, she thought about Ingrid nearly every day, inspired by the thought that she too could one day end her ordeal. 

This is the first time they have spoken to each other.

(Photo: Amanda Lindhout (L). Credit: Steve Carty. (R) Ingrid Betancourt. Credit: Barker Evans)

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