There is an old Chinese saying that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, dangerous places, people are better not to go, do not take the initiative to get involved in some dangerous things, which will not only harm themselves, but also harm others, but obviously, the young Canadian journalist Amanda did not understand this truth.
In August 2008, Amanda and her boyfriend ran away to Somalia, known as the most dangerous country in the world, and it was Amanda's fearless behavior that caused Amanda and her boyfriend Nigel to start a 460-day hellish life after August 21, 2008.
Amanda's ignorance and fearlessness seem to have been on display since she was younger. Amanda's childhood was not perfect, let alone warm, and some quarrels often broke out between Amanda's parents, who may be harmonious one second, and the next second.
Children in this kind of family generally become timid and afraid, and occasionally some children are influenced by their parents to become less and less afraid of danger, and their sensitivity to dangerous things is getting lower and lower, even if Amanda will have plates and chopsticks whistling in her ears when she is a child, this little girl is not afraid at all.
He has developed an inconspicuous sense of danger in a dangerous home environment, which lays the foundation for Amanda to make big mistakes in the future.
When Amanda was a child, because she couldn't stand the quarrels of her parents, she often ran to hide outside the house with her brothers and sisters, and the endless quarrels of her parents made the family gradually impoverished.
Adults are giant babies at home, children are little adults outside, and this family lives such an upside-down life, the children of the poor are in charge of the house, and Amanda and her siblings grow up day after day.
Although Amanda's family background is not very good, Amanda herself knows that knowledge is a good thing, so this little girl often uses the money she has saved to go to the second-hand bookstore to buy some magazines from the past, or buy some magazines that can expose him to the outside world.
Over time, Amanda became more and more yearning for the outside world, and this little girl gradually grew up with books, and when she grew up, Amanda did not have a stable job and could not go to college, so Amanda had to consider how to gain a foothold in society.
The daughter of a poor family couldn't find a good job and didn't have a good education, so Amanda had to work as a waitress in a bar, which was not a very good job for Amanda, so from the day she joined the company, Amanda thought about how to leave the bar.
Amanda is very smart, she saved a lot of money while studying while working in a bar, and after saving enough money, Amanda chose to travel to Asia and Africa in order to find the meaning of life and relax her mood.
This young girl is Canadian, because of her poor family background, the little girl has never traveled far away, after learning from the magazine, Africa and Asia, Amanda decided to save her own money to visit these places and take a turn.
Although Amanda still works as a waitress in a bar, Amanda's heart is no longer in her hometown, and the little girl quit her job in 2005 and wants to use the money she has saved to travel around the world.
Amanda wrote all of her experiences into articles and published them, perhaps due to talent, Amanda consciously became a freelance journalist when she was traveling, although she was not hired by any official media, but Amanda often reported on things that some official media did not dare to report.
May the borders of every country, walk through the land of every country, so that Amanda feels that this is a more pious and meaningful act than a sense of pilgrimage, after that, Amanda likes to go to some places where no one has set foot or people dare not set foot, 05 decided to travel the world, 07, Amanda began to travel to some dangerous countries.
At the beginning of the first period, Amanda went to Afghanistan, as well as Iraq and other countries, although these countries are at war, there are still many reporters and media in these places to report, although it is very dangerous, but if Amanda encounters something unexpected, call for help in time, and will definitely be rescued.
After reporting from Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries, Amanda became a freelance journalist and gradually made a profit. After a period of victory and abundance, Amanda realized the benefits of being a freelance journalist, and at this time, Amanda decided to go to a more dangerous place with her Australian boyfriend Nigel to investigate.
This time, Amanda is eyeing Somalia, which is known as the most dangerous country in the world, and basically no reporters dare to provoke people in this place, and occasionally there are some well-prepared reporters who report on Somalia as if walking on thin ice.
But for Amanda, it seems that the more dangerous the place, the more wealth is hidden, because Amanda is a freelancer after all, and the last place that journalists want to go to is to interview, the less information there is. If Amanda can provide first-hand information about these places, she will be considered a success.
Amanda was very mobile, and after deciding to go to Somalia, she immediately set off for this most dangerous country, and when Amanda set foot on the soil of the country, Amanda met professional journalists and photographers, and National Geographic reporter Robert was working in Somalia at the time.
Robert himself has a high sense of security, and when he was filming in Somalia, Robert was very worried about his own safety every day, and the members of the team also thought about leaving the dangerous country of Somalia every day.
This team hired a lot of bodyguards to shoot, and they would occasionally go to some relatively unfamiliar and remote places when filming, and at this time the bodyguards would remind them not to move on, because if they insisted on moving forward, I am afraid that even the bodyguards would not be able to protect them.
Amanda knew what happened to Robert's team, and after Robert warned Amanda and said that Amanda would bring danger to his companions, Amanda and Nigel insisted on going to the most remote place.
As expected, these two people were directly targeted by the local robbers, and later Robert learned that the local robbers first began to target Robert and others, but the safety of these people was too high, so they had to give up, at this time, Amanda and Nigel blocked the disaster for Robert and others.
The robbers caught Amanda and Nigel, saw that they were Canadians and Australians, and thought that the two must have a good family, and blackmailed the two, but in fact, the two people could not take that much money at all.
According to Amanda's follow-up book, Amanda was kidnapped for more than 460 days, and was violated by many people, and even gave birth to a son to the robbers.
In order to save themselves, Amanda and her boyfriend became Muslims, but the robbers chose to continue beating them on the grounds that this was a special situation, and Amanda and Nigel, who are also Muslims, could not bear the abuse, so they chose to jump from the fourth floor and ran to the mosque for help.
If the two were still captured, because the two men chose to escape, the robbers intensified their assault on Amanda, and often beat Amanda and Nigel. Fortunately, after 460 days, Amanda's mother raised money to save Amanda and Nigel.
After being rescued, Amanda realized her mistake and understood that all the suffering she suffered came from her own ignorance, and her own suffering was caused by herself.
Amanda wrote her own experience into the book, after being rescued, carefully maintained the non-profit public welfare organization, she hopes to use her ability to save more women, and through this way to release her own pain in these 460 days, she chooses forgiveness, and chooses to use salvation to redeem herself trapped in Somalia.
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1. Beijing News - "A Female Reporter's Somali Nightmare"
2. Modern Express - "Canadian Female Reporter Publishes Book About 460 Days of Hell in Somalia"
3. North American Report - "460 Days of Canadian Female Journalists Captive, Gang Raped, and Abused by Terrorist Organizations"