Joshua Boyle's captors told him Trump was the president but he thought they were obviously lying.

[kpete]

Joshua Boyle's captors told him Donald Trump was the president but he thought they were obviously lying.

Details about the rescue are still unconfirmed, but Boyle said all five family members were in the trunk of a vehicle to be transferred to another location when shots were fired. Some of the kidnappers were killed and others fled.

On Saturday he described some of their darkest moments while being held hostage: cells that were no bigger than a bathtub, or underground; his wife’s rape and forced abortion; the daily cruelty of the kidnappers.

And then there was the devastating boredom during five years spent almost entirely without books, newspapers or movies — allowed only a slate and a piece of chalk. Boyle said that when they once asked for something to read or anything to relieve the tedium, the kidnappers returned with a pile of dirty dishes to wash.

They didn’t know Justin Trudeau was Canada’s prime minister until after they were rescued. One of the captors told Boyle the new U.S. president was Donald Trump before he was forced to make a “proof-of-life” video. “It didn’t enter my mind that he was being serious,” he said.


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https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/10/14/after-a-lifetime-in-captivity-the-children-of-joshua-boyle-and-caitlan-coleman-begin-to-heal.html

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[DBoon]

1. reminds me of this from Back to the Future

[Docreed2003]

2. Lol...my thought as well

[PubliusEnigma]

3. For just a moment, I was envious of Boyle and the bubble he has lived in for the past year.

Having Trump for our President must qualify as some form of constant psychological torture.