How Long Were Rachel & Paul Chandler Held Hostage? Netflix's 'Captive' Will Tell Their Harrowing Tale
Monday, December 12, 2016
By ALAINA URQUHART-WHITE
What makes this series so interesting is the fact that they were able to tell the story from both sides. We get the story from the people who were kidnapped and in some cases, we hear from the kidnappers themselves. One episode focuses on the story of a British couple who were held hostage by Somali pirates in 2009. So, how long were the Paul and Rachel Chandler held in captive?
It was a grueling and horrific ordeal for them. According to The Telegraph, the couple
A ransom was placed on them for $7 million, but the government had a strict policy of not negotiating with kidnappers for payment. The Huffington Post article also reported that their captors allegedly constantly threatened that they were going to sell the couple to al-Qaeda if the money was not paid. Luckily, after the long, brutal ordeal, their friends,
The couple told The Huffington Post that they used yoga as a method of keeping themselves mentally stable during those 388 days. At one point Paul even said that he taught a class of five Somali pirates to do yoga. After surviving such horror, most of us can't imagine how we would ever even leave the house again but this couple made plans to take back to the
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How Long Were Rachel & Paul Chandler Held Hostage? Netflix's 'Captive' Will Tell Their Harrowing Tale
Netflix has been quite simply dominating with each original series they deliver. The newest entry, Captive, is a true crime Netflix docuseries that tells the stories of kidnappers and victims from around the globe.