拯救山姆：一个美国人在叙利亚失踪的真实故事，以及他的家人为把他带回家而进行的非凡斗争

English | September 10th, 2024 | ISBN: 1546007741 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 25.95 MB

A gripping testament of resilience, family, and faith, this is the incredible and true story of an American traveler who was captured and wrongfully imprisoned in Syria while on a journey to experience every country in the world.

What would you do if your son suddenly disappeared in Syria, and you had no idea what had happened to him? Would you contact the FBI? The State Department? Pray? Would you Google “What to do if your son disappears in Syria”?

When the unthinkable happened, the answer, in the case of Ann Goodwin and her husband Tag, was: all of the above. Their 30-year-old son Sam, who was attempting to become one of the few people in history to travel to every single country on the planet, vanished in a supposed safe-zone run by the Kurds on the Turkish border. At first, they didn’t even realize he had been abducted: maybe the phone reception had gone down, they told themselves, as had happened plenty of times before when Sam was in an off-the-beaten-path place. Just wait, he’ll call back soon.

But Sam never did call back, and over the coming days, the horror of their situation quickly bore down on the Goodwins, a devout Catholic family of seven living a middle-class suburban lifestyle in St. Louis, Missouri. Frustrated and increasingly terrified, the Goodwin’s came to realize that they couldn’t rely on their government to save Sam. They were going to have to do it themselves.

This is the extraordinary story of Sam’s abduction by the Syrian regime, who threatened to hand him over to ISIS for beheading if he did not confess to being a CIA spy. It’s also the story of a Midwestern American family who transformed themselves into their own detective agency, building up a network of journalists, hostage negotiators, Middle East experts, Russian diplomats, Vatican envoys, and shady mercenaries, until eventually – by nothing short of a miracle – they found a secret backdoor into the heart of the Syrian intelligence service itself.

Through multiple first-person narrators, Saving Sam recounts an inspiring and unforgettable saga that includes a travel journey to every country in the world, famous celebrities, heads of state, high-stakes diplomacy and critical life lessons around curiosity, uncertainty, prayer and what it ultimately means to be free. In a genuine, straightforward and sometimes humorous style, Sam draws on his experience as a hostage to demonstrate how we can all turn our own adversities into assets, whether it be in our personal, professional or spiritual lives.

中文| 2024年9月10日| ISBN:1546007741|288页| True EPUB | 25.95 MB这是一个关于坚韧、家庭和信仰的扣人心弦的证明，讲述了一个美国旅行者在叙利亚被捕并被错误监禁的令人难以置信的真实故事，他在旅行中体验了世界上每个国家。 如果你的儿子突然在叙利亚失踪，而你不知道他发生了什么事，你会怎么做？你会联系联邦调查局吗？国务院？祈祷？你会在谷歌上搜索“如果你的儿子在叙利亚失踪怎么办”吗？ 当不可思议的事情发生时，安·古德温和她的丈夫塔格的答案是：以上所有。他们30岁的儿子萨姆试图成为历史上少数几个前往地球上每个国家的人之一，他在土耳其边境库尔德人管理的一个所谓的安全区消失了。起初，他们甚至没有意识到他被绑架了：他们告诉自己，也许电话信号已经断了，就像以前山姆在人迹罕至的地方发生过很多次一样。等一下，他很快就会回来的。 但山姆再也没有回过电话，在接下来的几天里，他们处境的恐怖很快笼罩着古德温一家，这是一个虔诚的天主教七口之家，在密苏里州圣路易斯过着中产阶级的郊区生活。古德温一家人感到沮丧和越来越害怕，他们意识到他们不能依靠政府来拯救山姆。他们将不得不自己动手。 这是萨姆被叙利亚政权绑架的非同寻常的故事，叙利亚政权威胁说，如果他不承认自己是中央情报局的间谍，就会把他交给伊斯兰国斩首。这也是一个美国中西部家庭的故事，他们把自己变成了自己的侦探机构，建立了一个由记者、人质谈判人员、中东专家、俄罗斯外交官、梵蒂冈特使和阴暗的雇佣兵组成的网络，直到最终——奇迹般地——他们找到了一个秘密后门，进入了叙利亚情报机构的核心。 通过多个第一人称叙述者，《拯救山姆》讲述了一个鼓舞人心、令人难忘的传奇故事，其中包括前往世界上每个国家的旅行、著名名人、国家元首、高风险外交以及围绕好奇心、不确定性、祈祷以及自由最终意味着什么的关键人生课程。山姆以一种真诚、直率、有时幽默的风格，利用他作为人质的经历，展示了我们如何将自己的逆境转化为资产，无论是在个人、职业还是精神生活中。

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