jo..@aracnet.com
Truly wonderful news Chad!
On 2014-05-31 12:20, Chad Butler wrote:
> Many of you might know Bob Bergdahl, a racer that comes over from
> Idaho to race at Alpenrose. You also might be aware that his son has
> been a POW in Afganistan since 6-30-09. Today the good news was
> announced that Bowes release has been arranged and soon he'll be
> coming back home.
> Something that captured me into this whole story from the day I met
> Bob was the amount of compassion that was surfacing through this
> injustice. Bob was racing on the track with a big beard. He started
> growing his beard when his son was captured. He wanted to understand
> the mindset of his son's captors in the event he would have the
> opportunity to make some appeal to them for his sons release, so he
> started obeying the laws of Islam without sacrificing any of his own
> beliefs or values. The captors themselves had no ill will towards
> Bowe. They kept him in a remote village where if he attempted escape
> he would again get captured by the local populace. That event played
> out at least once, so they went back to locking him in at night, but
> otherwise he was more or less just a guest of the community and
> allowed to wander around freely. I'm sure much more of the story will
> be coming forth once he's home and can speak freely. I for one, am
> eager to hear more.
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