Books Jessica Buchanan Books by Jessica Buchanan Jessica Buchanan has written books about: Nonfiction Biography & Memoir Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email NPR stories about Jessica Buchanan Author Interviews In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against 'Impossible Odds' May 14, 2013 • In 2011, Jessica Buchanan, an aid worker in Somalia, was kidnapped by land pirates. For 93 days she fought off despair while her husband, Erik Landemalm, wondered if he'd ever see her again. In a two-part interview, Buchanan and Landemalm recall Buchanan's capture and her dramatic rescue by Navy SEALs. In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against 'Impossible Odds' Listen · 7:20 7:20 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/183624076/183840464" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Author Interviews 'Impossible Odds' Details Aid Worker's Rescue From Somalia May 13, 2013 • David Greene speaks with Jessica Buchanan and her husband Erik Landemalm about their book Impossible Odds. It's the story of Jessica's abduction, along with a fellow aid worker, by Somali pirates in 2011. In the first of the two-part interview, we hear how Jessica was abducted, and how she refused to fall into despair while in captivity. "The No. 1 rule that my colleague Poul and I made, at the beginning of this whole ordeal, was that we could feel any emotion: fear, anger, rage. But despair was not an option." Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/183538487/183550525" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Author Interviews In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against 'Impossible Odds' May 14, 2013 • In 2011, Jessica Buchanan, an aid worker in Somalia, was kidnapped by land pirates. For 93 days she fought off despair while her husband, Erik Landemalm, wondered if he'd ever see her again. In a two-part interview, Buchanan and Landemalm recall Buchanan's capture and her dramatic rescue by Navy SEALs. In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against 'Impossible Odds' Listen · 7:20 7:20 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/183624076/183840464" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against 'Impossible Odds' Listen · 7:20 7:20 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/183624076/183840464" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Author Interviews 'Impossible Odds' Details Aid Worker's Rescue From Somalia May 13, 2013 • David Greene speaks with Jessica Buchanan and her husband Erik Landemalm about their book Impossible Odds. It's the story of Jessica's abduction, along with a fellow aid worker, by Somali pirates in 2011. In the first of the two-part interview, we hear how Jessica was abducted, and how she refused to fall into despair while in captivity. "The No. 1 rule that my colleague Poul and I made, at the beginning of this whole ordeal, was that we could feel any emotion: fear, anger, rage. But despair was not an option." Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/183538487/183550525" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
"The No. 1 rule that my colleague Poul and I made, at the beginning of this whole ordeal, was that we could feel any emotion: fear, anger, rage. But despair was not an option." Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/183538487/183550525" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
