Imagine a kidnapping on the streets of Baghdad. Three months in captivity living with Iraqi insurgents. A concentrated effort in Boston, Washington, the Mideast and elsewhere, to win freedom for a captured journalist. Now hear what was actually happening during those 82 days.

To help tell the story of the time Jill was held hostage, the Monitor interviewed her, her family, and her colleagues. Jill and the others share their experiences in short video clips, and talk about mujahideen families, governmental red tape, cultural sensitivity, media exposure, despair, and - through it all - hope.