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Template:Multiple issuesTerence Hardy "Terry" Waite CBE (born 31 May 1939), in Bollington, Cheshire is an English humanitarian and author, famous as a hostage in Lebanon 1987-91.Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. On Saturday, Jonathan Mayo told of the powerful bond he forged with fellow prisoner, Brian Keenan, and how Johns girlfriend, Jill Morrell, campaigned tirelessly to ensure his plight was not forgotten back home. Among them were British journalist John McCarthy and Irish academic Brian Keenan. Then that rather trite saying came to mind the best things in life are free.. A hand takes his wrist and he is led away from the car. Even more valuable to John are glimpses of the sun and the moon and the thought that its the same light shining down on England. 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Thats when I first had news of the outside world, because they had a radio, and I didnt. A guard named Ayeesa is measuring John for a set of clothes and a pair of shoes. Ingrid was captured in 2002 and held in the Colombian jungle, often chained to trees, until she was rescued more than six years later. Waite travelled to Lebanon in 1987 as an envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury to try to secure the release of British hostage John McCarthy and other western captives. Mr Waite, the Church of Englands special envoy, had gone to Beirut to negotiate his release in 1987, but was taken hostage as well. The comments below have not been moderated. Brian Keenan, Terry Waite and John McCarthy at a book launch at the Geographical Society in London in 1993. Then half an hour later a guard comes into the room. John McCarthy, the journalist and former hostage, gave the first Nick Lewis Memorial Lecture at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, on Tuesday, 18 November. There was no natural light because there were metal shutters in front of the window. At Johns old university, the Hull University Friends Of John McCarthy have persuaded the Students Union to name their bar The John McCarthy Bar. Waite's . I dunno, you lend some people a fiver, you never see them again, Originally Sarf Lunden, now in Minnesnowta. It has never been proven, but still wonders today whether this was his captors way of killing him off and then making it look like natural causes. Speaking on Good Morning Britain he said: One of the first things I did when I came out was ask to be taken to a book shop. an undemanding yet constant friendship. In the 1980s he was Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie's Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs. He stepped off a special air force VC-10 plane from Damascus, Syria, at 10:35 p.m. and was greeted by an official from the RAF . Jill now works as Policy and Public Affairs Manager for Cancer Backup Helping people live with Cancer. He said since his arrival back in the UK at RAF Lyneham, "plenty of creative things have emerged" from his experience. It is Johns fifth Christmas in captivity. And I thought to myself, how wonderful. In 1980, Waite successfully negotiated the release of several hostages in Iran: Iraj Mottahedeh (Anglican priest in Esfahan), Dimitri Bellos (diocesan officer), Nosrat Sharifian (Anglican priest in Kerman), Fazeli (church member), Jean Waddell (who was secretary to the Iranian Anglican bishop Hassan Dehqani-Tafti), Canon John Coleman and Coleman's wife. . Held hostage for four years in solitary confinement, Terry Waite had no one to talk to, no pen to write with, and no books to read. The apartment fills with guards and John is bound, gagged and thrown into a car boot once again. ", You can listen to the whole interview or download as a podcast here. Get your need-to-know Terry Waite, John McCarthy and PD James. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected]. Terry Waite does suffer from asthma a fair bit and has been an advocate of asthma awareness. That was 35 years ago today. Terry co-founded the charity Hostage International in 2004 when hesaw a gap in provision for families and former hostages. I am married with a child. She told 5 live: "We knew that the Foreign Office had been briefing journalists that John was dead. TERRY WAITE, who was kidnapped and tortured 25 years ago by associates of the militant group Hezbollah, has returned to Lebanon to meet representatives of the organisation responsible for his capture. Her friend Karen says: Have you heard? Sharing the story of his isolation, Mr Waite told how he was only allowed to go to the bathroom once a day and during one trip found that the padlock on a window above the toilet was loose. Yes, Im back, John replies. 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[31], In 1991, following his release Waite was elected a fellow commoner at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. But most of the time I had no conversation with them. Sometimes after waking John is overwhelmed by panic at his five lost years. I said: 'Not much room in here' and a voice came back with 'Until you came in there was plenty of blooming room!'". "Others have tried to commit suicide. . I love the man.. 2,454 days Along with John McCarthy and Jackie Mann, his name will forever be linked with the hostage crisis in Beirut, Lebanon. Football,Women,Traveling,Movies, Conspiracies, True Crime, Computer Games. Read about our approach to external linking. Then, at the lesser end, there's myself, kidnapped by Somali pirates while reporting for The Telegraph in 2008. He was kept mainly in solitary confinement and chained to a radiator for 23 hours a day. Against advice, Waite felt a need to demonstrate his continuing trust and integrity, and his commitment to the remaining hostages. Terry Waite is a 83 years old Envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury from Bollington, England. "But I recognised that I still had life and, although it was very limited, I was still able to live as fully as possible. A guard enters the room and kneels beside John, undoes his chain and says: Come. John hugs Terry Waite and says a quick Goodbye. "I got the tape off my mouth, and realised there was another body in there. When their chains are removed so they can exercise, the two captives play their own game using a football made out of a pair of pants and an old mask. Hostage International gives much needed emotional and practical support to the families affected and returning hostages.. At Bude in Cornwall, Simon Mayo is hosting the Radio 1 Roadshow on the beach. [23] Since then, he has appeared with the choir for performances in prisons in UK and Ireland to assist in rehabilitation programmes. Two others give him shaving gear. You can open your eyes, I am a Syrian officer. All the hostages released so far had gone home via the Syrians John knows hes going home. After five years away the world has changed, everything has changed, adds Terry, also president of aid agency Y Care International. Brian Keenan and Terry Waite, were engraved in the public consciousness thanks to tireless campaigning for his release by his girlfriend at the time, who set up The Friends of . The Body Shop and Our Price give away yellow ribbons, Radio One DJ Simon Mayo starts a new feature in which every month Jill will come on to his Breakfast Show to give updates on the hostages. God knows, without Brian I could not have made it through, he said. An old lady being taken for lunch by her children recognises him instantly. On December 4, 1991, Islamic militants in Lebanon release kidnapped American journalist Terry Anderson after 2,454 days in captivity. Fed a bland prisoners diet, he also missed out on fish-finger sandwiches. 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In the last few months of captivity Waite was taken to a dwelling in the country where he was at last united with Terry Anderson, John McCarthy and the two other hostages. Former British hostage Terry Waite will be in Rangiora next week to talk about his five years in captivity, his release and his rehabilitation. [9][10] Based at Lambeth Palace, Waite again travelled extensively throughout the world and had a responsibility for the Archbishop's diplomatic and ecclesiastical exchanges. In January 1996, Waite became patron of the Warrington Male Voice Choir in recognition of the humanitarian role adopted by the choir following the Warrington bomb attacks. Waite joined the Grenadier Guards at Caterham Barracks, but an allergy to a dye in the uniform obliged him to depart after a few months. He is the founder of a charity, Hostage UK, which provides support for hostages and their families during and after kidnap. He was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991. 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