An American imprisoned in Gadhafi’s Tripoli
It sounds like the script of a movie, but the story of how American Matthew VanDyke ended up in the hands of the Gadhafi regime is very real. VanDyke traveled to Libya to help friends living there just as the war broke out between the rebels and the loyalists. He was captured in Brega, hit over the head and awoke in a prison cell. He was placed in solitary confinement twice, for 85 and then 76 days, before essentially escaping on August 24. VanDyke, who is still in Tripoli, and his mother, Sharon VanDyke tell the story of their experience.
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