They'll keep asking for money.until we have nothing left to give them. We will have to give them our entire life savings.
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To make sure the kidnappers didn't keep upping the ransom demand, she took the FBI's advice on how to answer warren that day:Įlaine Weinstein: It's very dangerous to give them the money, Warren. Warren Weinstein: Elaine, what they told me all along is unless they get all the money they're not going to deliver me. The kidnappers then upped the pressure by having Warren himself call and urge her to pay the money. The negotiations for his release were not led by the government but by Weinstein's then 68-year-old wife, who lived thousands of miles away in Rockville, Maryland. government working to help poor families improve their lives. Weinstein was in Pakistan as a contractor with the U.S. But 60 Minutes has obtained hundreds of calls, videos and chat messages in the Weinstein case that reveal the desperation of a hostage family under that kind of stress. Many of the families negotiate for their release, and the details of those talks are mostly kept secret. Since 9/11 there have been at least 80 Americans taken hostage by terrorist groups.
Three days before American aid worker Warren Weinstein was scheduled to return home from Pakistan, he was abducted and held hostage for the next three and a half years during which time a delicate negotiation took place to secure his release. The following is a script from "The Hostage" which aired on Feb.
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