When I did get captured, the only thing I held onto was the fact that my teammates were going to come get me. Period.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.
I had to steal to survive.
I have been very fortunate as to escape through another day's very severe fighting and escaped unhurt.
That's the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That's the only reason I'm here.
It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.
During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
For me, my awakening came when I was kidnapped.
It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French.
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.
I was lucky because on the morning after the burning of the Reichstag I left my home very early to catch a train to Berlin for the conference of our student organization and that is the only reason why I escaped arrest.