RELATIVES of two Scottish men caught up in the Algerian hostage crisis were last night waiting to hear their fate as one survivor told of his terrifying escape under gunfire.
RELATIVES of two Scottish men caught up in the Algerian hostage crisis were last night waiting to hear their fate as one survivor told of his terrifying escape under gunfire.
siege VICTIMS: Escaped hostage Alan Wright, left, has been reunited with his wife Karlyn, but the family of Kenneth Whiteside, above, have been told a colleague witnessed his death. Main picture: Derek Ironside AFTERMATH: The wreckage of a vehicle in the desert near the In Amenas gas plant.
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Victoria Weldon
Health and safety adviser Alan Wright, of Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, struggled to keep his emotions in check as he told how a series of life-and-death decisions secured his freedom from the attack.
The father-of-two – who sent text messages to his wife as he hid in his office – said the reunion with his family was "bittersweet" as the fate of many of his colleagues is still unknown.
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