Finally, Some Good News Fatima
My good friend's brother in
law, who was
kidnapped almost a month ago, was released a couple of
days ago for a $60,000 ransom. I'm so happy for his 20
year old wife, and his two young daughters (three years
old and three months old). After two weeks of not hearing
anything of him, we expected that he was going to become
another statistic, but alhamdulillah, that was not the
case.
Now, his family has to search around for a way to pay back the whopping $60,000 ransom that they borrowed from various friends and relatives to save their son's life. As with so many Iraqis in their shoes, there's a sense of complete relief at having him home alive, and a feeling of being so burdened by this sum of money, which if they worked all their lives, they might still not be able to pay it off.
Now, his family has to search around for a way to pay back the whopping $60,000 ransom that they borrowed from various friends and relatives to save their son's life. As with so many Iraqis in their shoes, there's a sense of complete relief at having him home alive, and a feeling of being so burdened by this sum of money, which if they worked all their lives, they might still not be able to pay it off.
