Terry Anderson: US journalist held hostage nearly seven years in Lebanon dies at 76

The former chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, who was the longest held hostage of the scores of westerners abducted in Lebanon, came to symbolise the plight of western hostages during Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war.

Mr Anderson’s ordeal began in Beirut on the morning of March 16th, 1985, after he played a round of tennis. A green Mercedes sedan with curtains over the rear window pulled up, three gunmen jumped out and dragged Mr Anderson, still dressed in shorts, into the car. “What kept me going?” he asked aloud shortly after release. “My companions. I was lucky to have people with me most of the time. My faith, stubbornness. You do what you have to. You wake up every day, summon up the energy from somewhere. You think you haven’t got it and you get through the day and you do it. Day after day after day.”

Scores of journalist groups, governments and individuals over the years called for Mr Anderson’s release and his October 27th birthday became an unofficial US memorial day for hostages.

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