CAMPBELL, Calif.—Ande Zerasion's voice chokes up reliving the sound
of his daughter pleading for help: "Baba, I am in Sinai. Please call
me."
It was early October, recalls Mr. Zerasion, a 35-year-old refugee from the tiny African country of Eritrea who emigrated here five years ago but had been forced to leave his family behind. Escaping the country with her uncle, his 14-year-old daughter, Samhar, had tried to follow a similar path to freedom. But the two had vanished in August and kidnappers had contacted Mr. Zerasion's brother in Tel Aviv, demanding $80,000 for their lives.
It was the kind ...
It was early October, recalls Mr. Zerasion, a 35-year-old refugee from the tiny African country of Eritrea who emigrated here five years ago but had been forced to leave his family behind. Escaping the country with her uncle, his 14-year-old daughter, Samhar, had tried to follow a similar path to freedom. But the two had vanished in August and kidnappers had contacted Mr. Zerasion's brother in Tel Aviv, demanding $80,000 for their lives.
It was the kind ...
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