The companies and the governments of those taken hostage have given few details about the number and identity of those takencaptive, citing security reasons.
"Hopefully, her angel is still with her, " said her sister, an army captain stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia, who flew home after being told her sister had been takencaptive.
In the action it is said that he feared he would be killed, injured, takencaptive or stranded after fighting broke out between various factions during his trip to Beirut in 2008.