After reporting from Vietnam as a war correspondent, American journalist Terry A. Anderson became chief correspondent for the Associated Press in Lebanon. In March 1985, he was abducted from a Beirut street by Shiite Hezbollah militants retaliating against the US for supplying Israel with weapons. Held with other American hostages taken at around the same time, Anderson remained in captivity for nearly seven years and was the last to be released. What has he done since regaining his freedom? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst49120_Lebanon-Hostage-Crisis--Last-US-Captive-Released-after-7-Years--1991-.aspx)
Spending 7 years in jail and been released is something terrible so this particular individual was lucky to have been freed.