| Before the world learned that the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas in the Philippines were linked to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network, Greg Williams knew it intimately. In 1996, he fell victim to the gang’s brutality when he was kidnapped. When his story begins, Williams, who once believed he had it all: a loving wife, a satisfying job and two wonderful children, suffers a freak, crippling accident which sends his life into a tailspin and catapults him onto the streets. Desperate and forlorn, he hears a stirring church sermon and hoping to find his own compass, he travels to the Philippines to serve with a Christian missionary helping the impoverished, starving children of the island nation. But his dream turns into a nightmare when, within days of his arrival, he is taken hostage by members of the Islamic terrorist group, Abu Sayyaf, which puts a high price on his release. Imprisoned in an isolated jungle camp, Williams is brutally beaten, tortured and ordered to turn over the name of someone who will pay the ransom. However, Williams has little money, knows no one in the Philippines and has no name to give. When he is forced to witness the beheading of a friend, he realizes he too is marked for death. With failing hope, Williams turns to his religious beliefs to sustain him through the days of torture and the nights of torment. Finally, just at the moment when all seems lost, a chance escape appears, due to an extraordinary twist of fate. More than just an adventure story, 13 days of Terror is a gripping, real life account of one man’s struggle against extraordinary odds to win his freedom. It is an inspirational true story of faith and brotherhood ultimately triumphing over brutalitity and evil. |
| 13 DAYS OF TERROR |
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