Terry A. Anderson (born October 27, 1947) is the best known, and longest held, of a group of American hostages captured by Shiite Hezbollah partisans in an attempt to drive the U.S. from Lebanon. October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A hostage is a person (sometimes another entity) which is held by a captor in order to compel another party to act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way. ... Shi‘as (the adjective in Arabic is شيعى shi‘i; English has traditionally used Shiite) which mean follower in Arabic make up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%-35% of all Muslim. ... The Hezbollah flag Hezbollah (Arabic ‮حزب الله‬, meaning Party of God, for other designations or alternative spellings, see name part of this article) is a Shia Islamist group in Lebanon founded in 1982 to fight the Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon. ...

Anderson was born in Lorain, Ohio and raised in Batavia, New York. Anderson, a professional journalist, was in the U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War, where he was a combat correspondent (1969-70). After his discharge he enrolled at Iowa State University, studying broadcast journalism and graduating in 1974. Then he joined the Associated Press, serving in Asia and Africa before being assigned to Lebanon as the chief Mideast correspondent in 1983. Lorain is a city located in Lorain County, Ohio. ... Batavia is a city located in USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 16,256. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Commanders Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US... Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant university and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ... Broadcast journalism refers to television news and radio news, as well as the online news outlets of broadcast affiliates. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Associated Press logo This article concerns the news service. ...

On March 16, 1985, Anderson had just finished a tennis game when he was abducted from the street in Beirut, placed in the trunk of a car and taken to a secret location where he was imprisoned. For the next six years and nine months he was held captive, being moved periodically to new sites. His captors were a group of Hezbollah (Party of God) Shiite Muslims who were supported by Iran in retaliation for Israel's use of U.S. weapons and aid in its 1982-83 strikes against Muslim and Druze targets in Lebanon. March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Central Beirut (2004) Beirut (Arabic: , Bayrūt) is the capital, largest city, and chief seaport of Lebanon. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) (sometimes also spelled Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Druze (Arabic: duruzī درزي, pl. ...

Held at the same time were several other U.S. citizens including Thomas Sutherland, an administrator at the American University of Beirut; Frank Reed, head of the Lebanese International School and Joseph Cicippio, deputy controller of the American University of Beirut; Edward Tracey, an itinerant poet; and Professors Allen Steen, Jesse Turner, and Robert Polhill. Thomas Sutherland (1834-1922), founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. ... The American University of Beirut (AUB) is a private, independent, non-sectarian university founded in 1866 in Beirut, Lebanon. ... Poet is a term applied to a person who composes poetry, including extended forms such as dramatic verse. ...

At first Anderson was held alone, though he became aware that other captives were also nearby. A lapsed Roman Catholic, he began to reflect upon his life, particularly his past sins. He requested a Bible from his captors and eventually was given one. He said it came as a "gift from heaven," which he read and reread, experiencing a rebirth of his Christian faith. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin. ... The Bible (Hebrew תנ״ך [tanakh], Greek η Βίβλος [he biblos] ) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity... Michelangelos interpretation of Heaven Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. ... The New Birth is how John Wesley and Methodism have traditionally referred to the born again experience. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ...

When he became aware that one of the other captives was a priest, he asked for permission as a Catholic to see the priest to make confession. His wish was granted, and he then met fellow captive, Father Lawrence Jenco, and made his first confession in over 25 years. When he finished both he and Rev. Jenco were in tears as he was granted God's forgiveness. Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... This article is about the practice of confession in the Christian faith. ... The late Servite Father Lawrence Martin Jenco, a native of Joliet, Illinois, was taken hostage in Beirut by five armed men in January 1985, while serving as director of Catholic Relief Services there. ...

The hostages were able to spend increasing amounts of time together, which they used in mental games, such as imagining every construction detail of building an imaginary cabin. At times they expected that they would be killed, as some hostages had been. Their captors played mind games with them, such as placing a gun to their heads and acting as if they were about to fire. At other times they were treated more kindly. This article is about a recreational activity. ...

At first they kept a calendar by mixing dust and saliva to write on the walls. Later when writing materials became available, Anderson kept a journal and wrote poetry. Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ...

Anderson's sister, Peggy Say, of Batavia, N.Y. became a tireless activist working to obtain his release. Anderson was the last hostage to be accounted for, finally being released December 4, 1991 to a joyful reunion with his family. His daughter Sulome Anderson was born three months after his capture and had not seen her father until this point. 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since his release Anderson has been actively involved in freedom of the press issues. He has taught courses at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He has also been a frequent talk show guest, a columnist, a radio talk-show host and an activist for charitable causes. The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of the most prestigious schools of journalism in the United States. ... The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism is one of five schools in the College of Communication at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. ... Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre (7. ...

He has written a best selling memoir of his experience as a hostage, entitled Den of Lions.

He filed suit against the Iranian government for his captivity, and in 2002 was awarded a multimillion dollar settlement from frozen Iranian assets. This gave him financial independence, and he retired from his teaching, now living with his wife, Madeleine Bassil, and daughter Salome on a farm in Athens County, Ohio. An older daughter lives in Tokyo, where she is a paralegal.

With some of his settlement, Anderson co-founded the Vietnam Children's Fund, which has built schools in Vietnam attended by more than 12,000 students. He also created the Father Lawrence Jenco Foundation with a $100,000 endowment to honor and support people who do charitable and community service projects in Appalachia. His friend, Father Jenco, who died in 1996, also wrote his memoirs, Bound to Forgive, to which Anderson wrote the preface. Appalachian Region of the U.S. Appalachia is a mostly rural, partly urbanized, and partly industrialized region in and around the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

A lifelong fan of blues music, Anderson has also opened the Blue Gator, a blues bar in Athens, Ohio which draws regional and national acts, from Cincinnati's Greg Schaber to Delta blues legend Big Jack Johnson. Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... Athens is a small, historic college town located in Athens County, in southeastern Ohio, USA, on the Hocking River. ...

In an interview in the spring 1995 newsletter of the School of Journalism Alumni Association, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, by Will Norton Jr., Anderson is quoted:

Is there going to be peace in the world? I’m a Christian. I believe eventually there will be, at the second coming. I think we are moving into an era of greater, or if not peace, at least of greater prosperity.

Think about it: In the last 10 to 15 years there are hundreds of millions of people in the world who are living in a greater degree of individual responsibility and freedom and perhaps dignity than there were 15 years ago. That’s true in eastern Europe, in Latin America, even in Asia.

That great process of history, of thousands of years of an increase in a dignity of the individual, seems to have been halted for a good period of time by the growth of totalitarian societies, and those are breaking up now.

Certainly the totalitarian instinct has not gone away. There are a great many wars going on and struggles by peoples, but that ice jam, that blockage that was representative of the domination of a third of the world by communism, is gone. I think that’s reason for great optimism.

In December, 2003 Terry Anderson announced his candidacy on the Democratic ticket for Ohio state senate's 20th District. Anderson's opponent was Republican candidate Joy Padgett, who had been appointed to the seat earlier in the term. Padgett ran controversial ads suggesting that Anderson would be soft on terrorism; the ads showed Anderson shaking hands with one of his former kidnappers.^[1] He received 46% of the vote ^[2] in a district that leans Republican; the seat has been held by Republicans since 1977.^[3] The concept of Totalitarianism is a typology or ideal-type used by some political scientists to encapsulate the characteristics of a number of twentieth century regimes that mobilized entire populations in support of the state or an ideology. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 355 km 355 km 8. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Joy Padgett of Coshocton, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party who holds a seat in the Ohio Senate. ...

References

1. ^  Village Voice on controversial anti-Anderson ad
2. ^  Election results from Ohio Secretary of State
3. ^  Parkersburg (Ohio) News & Sentinel coverage of Anderson campaign announcement

External links

• Terry Anderson reads his poetry from Den of Lions: Memoirs of Seven Years