How I Escaped From Somali Pirates | Minutes With | @LADbible

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Published 2021-05-16

In this weeks episode of Minutes With we sat down with Colin Freeman, a journalist who was kidnapped by Somali Pirates while conducting an investigation in to piracy.

Colin talks about how he had to hide in a toilet to avoid gunfire, how he bonded with his kidnappers over football and how he eventually escaped from his captors.

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All Comments (21)

@LADbible 2 years ago

With thanks to Colin Freeman Colin Freeman's Books: Kidnapped: Life As A Somali Pirate Hostage - www.amazon.co.uk/Kidnapped-Colin-Freeman/dp/190630… Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The misson to rescue the hostages the world forgot: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785787020/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_d…
@paulmartini3797 2 years ago

Listening to his story was like a movie in my mind.
@Oscar-og8hw 2 years ago

Content like this is on YouTube is why TV is in decline
@joyfullerton8841 2 years ago

Note to self: If i ever get kidnapped talk about David Beckham
@impishlyric 2 years ago

if i ever get kidnapped I'll be expecting my compensatory mars bar
@buckin8969 2 years ago

Such a serious story and then he makes that bullet sound 🤣🤣🤣 This mans sense of humor probably helped him get through this for sure.
@inj8006 2 years ago

what a good storyteller
@thebeardedcountryman 2 years ago

3:49 Suddenly turns from a horrifying kidnap into a rather aggressive picnic.
@jayholmes3146 2 years ago

“And it’s fair to say that was a low point in the whole thing.” A bit of an understatement 😂
@jameswarren4107 2 years ago

I could literally picture everything he was saying.
@toplobster2699 2 years ago

The problem with paying security such a small wage that the kidnappers only have to double their wage and it's goodnight mr.chips.
@boredboi5390 2 years ago

He should’ve said “I am the captain now”
@nathanking8696 2 years ago

Well at least he got a lot of detailed information to report on...
@Beastieboy2263 2 years ago

“We were sent to Somalia to find out how the Somalian pirates operate” Well.. u got front row seats my man!
@dirtboarder17 2 years ago

I really like his voice and articulation. I find it to be really soothing
@davidbittoncoutinho9697 2 years ago

Ironically his surname is "Freeman"
@messrsandersonco5985 1 year ago

"How did you get kidnapped?" Someone paid a few guards more than $20!
@jibreelamin6232 2 years ago

this is legit the coolest man i've ever seen.
@jsuarez1099 1 year ago

This guy is crazyyyy respect for him to be able to have lived through this and be (apparently) so appeaced and accepting of what happened
@Sturmknecht 2 years ago

"I think it's fair to say, that was a low point in the whole thing." Aaah, good old British stoicism. :D