Transcript of A kidnapping in Syria and a close call in Ukraine

I thought, I'm going to die right now. There's a truck parked, and maybe 15 or 20 guys were pouring out of the back, all dressed in black, ski masks on, matching clothing, AKs, fanning out across the road and stopping the car. Then the next thing I know, they're at the door. Blindfolded you? They put us in the truck, and pretty rough. I won't say they beat us, but rough. A little bit of slap around and bang the head against the metal side and a blindfold with duct tape. The duct tape over my mouth. They took my shoelaces, took the belt, hands tied up, everything taped. There were several times I thought, I'm going would line us up against the wall. I remember they put plastic out in front. You can imagine what that's like. They lined us up and they put us up into positions. Then rifles are loaded.