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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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In the footage, Timmerman’s living conditions were shown and he can be seen lying on a mattress while his captors said he was being treated well and would be returned home safely, according to reports from the AP.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
In the video, he was blindfolded, surrounded by armed men and being led away by his apparent captors on a rocky hillside.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
His body was only uncovered 18 years after his captors had murdered him.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
In Red One, Johnson does the exact same thing unironically, diving off Santa’s tower after his captors, then swinging off other structures and finding his way into a snowmobile-chase sequence.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
In the video, he was blindfolded, surrounded by armed men and being led away by his apparent captors on a rocky hillside.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
His body was only uncovered 18 years after his captors had murdered him.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
In Red One, Johnson does the exact same thing unironically, diving off Santa’s tower after his captors, then swinging off other structures and finding his way into a snowmobile-chase sequence.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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