QuarterBoreGunner
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I hadn't heard of this; an assistant federal attorney was kidnapped back in 1998 off the streets of New York City but a trio of gang banger with intent to force him to pull cash from his ATM... and then it gets weird.
Full review of the book with more details here.
I've always been a fan of verbal judo; and I'm pretty sure that everyone reading this would rather talk their way out of a confrontation rather than using lethal force (though back-up plans are sure nice). This sounds like a great example of using your wits to stay alive and is definitely on my short list of books to pick up.
Memoir of a kidnap victim
The Birthday Party is Stanley N. Alpert's true story of the night in 1998 he was kidnapped in New York by gang members. They made Alpert, an assistant federal attorney, take money from an ATM, and when they saw he had $110,000 in his account, they drove him to an apartment while they came up with a plan to get the money.
Alpert had to employ every psychological trick in the book to keep his captors from killing him.
The Birthday Party is Stanley N. Alpert's true story of the night in 1998 he was kidnapped in New York by gang members. They made Alpert, an assistant federal attorney, take money from an ATM, and when they saw he had $110,000 in his account, they drove him to an apartment while they came up with a plan to get the money.
Alpert had to employ every psychological trick in the book to keep his captors from killing him.
Full review of the book with more details here.
I've always been a fan of verbal judo; and I'm pretty sure that everyone reading this would rather talk their way out of a confrontation rather than using lethal force (though back-up plans are sure nice). This sounds like a great example of using your wits to stay alive and is definitely on my short list of books to pick up.