Monday, May 02, 2011

"I've got to be there because this is a moment in history that you don't want to miss."

It turned out to be worth missing. Advice to Western women: stay out of Islamic countries, and don't ever, ever marry a man hailing from one.

On that euphoric day when Egypt's Hosni Mubarak relinquished the power of his presidency, and many Americans seemed to join their hearts with those of Egyptians in the street yearning for the fresh air of freedom, CBS reporter Lara Logan was made a prisoner by a mob of freedom-loving Egyptian males who brutally assaulted her physically and sexually. The perpetrators have not been found, and it is unlikely that anyone is looking for them. Logan is convinced that had she not somehow been saved, she would have died. She is married and the mother of two very young children. At last she tells her story:



The transcript is here. Follow-up video on this page.

4 comments:

Bernadette said...

I watched this the other night. It was heart breaking to hear her story.

William Luse said...

Yes it was.

William Luse said...

An anonymous coward left a filthy comment which had to be deleted.

William Luse said...

anonymous coward