Post by CMF Newsman on Jan 26, 2012 7:43:42 GMT -5
In late October, Jessica Buchanan was taken hostage by a group of Somali pirates as she worked with a Danish refugee council. Her brother, Stephen, was thousands of miles away in Cleveland at Lee University.
"Well, initially he was so distraught he left school," says the Business Department Chair, Dr. Dewayne Thompson.
Thompson first met Stephen when he joined his business class last semester, but says he didn't return to school until a couple weeks ago. However, he knew his sister was alive.
"They had hoped for a Thanksgiving release, then a Christmas release and then a release in January," Thompson says.
Read more: www.wrcbtv.com/story/16601299/lee-university-students-sister-rescued-by-navy-seals
"Well, initially he was so distraught he left school," says the Business Department Chair, Dr. Dewayne Thompson.
Thompson first met Stephen when he joined his business class last semester, but says he didn't return to school until a couple weeks ago. However, he knew his sister was alive.
"They had hoped for a Thanksgiving release, then a Christmas release and then a release in January," Thompson says.
Read more: www.wrcbtv.com/story/16601299/lee-university-students-sister-rescued-by-navy-seals