Wife of US ISIS hostage pleads for release amid added coronavirus threat

Jeffery Ray Woodke, 59, of McKinleyville, Calif., who was kidnapped in October 2016 while doing humanitarian missionary work in Niger, is still alive and in captivity.The family of an American hostage of ISIS in West Africa is facing a new worry after suffering through years of his captivity: the risk of ainfection and fears that his captors in the Sahara Desert may not be able to protect him in a vast, austere region where running water is rare, his wife told ABC News this week.

Addressing his captors directly, Els Woodke said,"I would say, please consider Jeff's age and what is going on in the world. It's not good to keep captives. Send him home." Precautions such as frequent hand-washing and use of disinfectants in the U.S. and Europe are not likely practical for the captors in such remote areas of the Sahara Desert where running water is scarce, said Els Woodke, who has lived in Niger with her husband and their sons.Jeffery Woodke will turn 60 this year and had manageable health issues at the time of his kidnapping in Niger. Those 60 and over with underlying health conditions are most susceptible to the coronavirus, according to the U.

realDonaldTrump drop some seals in there to get his ass already !!

It is awful but we have to stay out of their world.

Its a shame to see this. - African states are the Orphan children of Conspiratorial Capitalism.

this is nice, but what exactly is sasha up to and why are you apparently supporting it?

How can he be held by ISIS Trump said he wiped them out 🤔🤔

Ojalá pronto sea liberado, haya o no pandemia de por medio.

What about the BS that FireSashaPezenik tweeted and then deleted? This needs clarification and a statement by your network and her. A sad day for journalism...

I doubt ISIS give a rats ass about COVID - ISIS and al-Qaida claim that the virus and ensuing global pandemic are retribution on the wicked West courtesy of God

One min they tell us ISIS is eradicated and the next they’re killing and kidnapping. “ISIS” is seemingly a political tool created for whenever convenient to push agendas

HAHAHHAHA... You haven’t seen anything from us just yet.

Humanitarian work shouldn't be confused with those who use basic human necessities as barter for religious indoctrination. These are some of the worst human beings. Right up there with ISIS.

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