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On Feb 13, 2003, a aircraft holding three American civilian contractorsMarc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Tom Howescrash-landed in the mountainous jungle of Colombia. Dazed and shaken, they emerged from the aircraft bloodied and damaged as gunfire rained down around them. As of that moment these were prisoners of the FARC, a Colombian terrorist and Marxist rebel group. In an instant they had become American captives in Colombia's volatile and ongoing turmoil, which includes lasted for nearly fifty years.In Out of Captivity, Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes recount for the first time their amazing tale of survival, a friendly relationship, and, ultimately, recovery, tracing their five . 5 years as hostages of the FARC. Their report goes inside one of the world's most notorious terrorist organizations, heading behind enemy lines with vibrant and haunting imagery. Their words conjure possible that few people have ever encounteredfrom sleeping on mattresses literally carved from the jungle to escaping Colombian armed forces air attacks under the cover of darkness to being destined with metal chains by their captors. Talking about backbreaking hunger marches and required isolation, the authors chronicle their confrontations and interactions with the FARC guerrilla soldiersa motley team of brainwashed, idealistic teens and seasoned vet-erans who've been with us long enough to realize that the only way from the FARC is in a body carrier.Though the physical punishments their body endured were unrelenting, the mental health fights they waged were the ultimate test of these fix. With candid fine detail, Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes relate the perilous mental problems they each experienced, as they grappled with emotions of guilt, fear, and nervousness for the people and lives they'd left behind. Exposin
