Austin Tice was kidnapped in Syria 12 years ago. His family has waited with hope and anxiety as the fall of Syria's ruler has opened a window for his return.
Hello and happy Thursday. American journalist Austin Tice has been held captive in Syria for 4,504 days, but his family is, for the first time in many years, feeling optimistic that he might soon be free. You may have read about Austin Tice in a recent spate of news coverage since the dictatorship of Bashar Assad collapsed after an assault by rebels that surprised the world.
'I would always run any kind of life decision by him, and so not being able to do that, and not having his advice, and not knowing which direction he would point me in has been really difficult,' she said. Really, all of the siblings have had to find ways to keep going every day, not knowing what their brother was experiencing — a part of their lives suspended while everything else moved on. Meagan Tice, the second oldest after Austin, is a hairstylist in Houston.
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