I Don't Think I Will Be Back Here for a While ; Johnston Says It Is Fantastic to Be Free, Then Calls His Familythe 114-Day Battle to Free Him
Evening Standard - London › July 04, 2007
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ALAN JOHNSTON today told of his joy at being freed and his fears that he would be killed during four months held captive by Islamic militants.
The BBC reporter said: "I didn't know where it was going to end. It became almost hard to imagine normal life again and I literally dreamed many many times of being free and I always woke up back in that room.See the full content of this document
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I Don't Think I Will Be Back Here for a While ; Johnston Says It Is Fantastic to Be Free, Then Calls His Familythe 114-Day Battle to Free Him
"It was like being buried alive. Sixteen weeks of solitary confinement with difficult, unpredictable people who did talk occasionally about killing me.
"Now it really is over and it really is indescribably good. I am immensely grateful. It's just the most fantastic thing to be freed." Johnston, 45, said he had had enough of Gaza for a lifetime, adding: "I think three years of Ga...See the full content of this document
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