An Italian construction worker who escaped after nearly eight months in captivity in Libya says he used a nail to slowly loosen the lock from the hardwood doorframe.
Filippo Calcagno told reporters outside his home in Sicily that once the fixture was loose, he called Gino Pollicardo to help kick the door open. Calcagno said they were worried “another group would come and take us” but they managed to get to the street and find police.
Calcagno said the pair were together with the two other Italian workers abducted with them in July until last week, and only learned after returning to Italy on Sunday that the others had been killed. He said that he did not know the affiliation of their captors, calling them “criminals.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
I’m glad he was able to get free. In that situation you have to look for opportunities to free yourself. Most of these kidnappings don’t have a happy end for the hostage.
the problem with every time someone tells how they escaped a situation, the next person who finds themselves in the same situation and figures out the same escape tactic will not be able to use it.
My question is ? Why do these people go to countries where they know theirs huge problems ? Just don’t get it. Like Libya,really
Dumb man dumb . Theirs no work in Sicily? Suppose not,that’s why my grandparents left 75 years ago
Glad he’s free ,but geeezs. Libya ?