Roy Hallums

Roy Hallums (born June 23, 1948) is an American contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq on November 1, 2004. He was held in Iraq for 311 days and freed on September 7, 2005.

Life

Hallums grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1971 he married Susan Hallums, and they had a daughter, Carrie Anne. The couple divorced in 2003 but remained good friends.

Hallums had been working in Saudi Arabia since 1993 and eventually came to work for the Saudi Arabian Trading and Construction Co. After the outbreak of war with Iraq, Hallums went to Baghdad, where his company provided food for the Iraqi Army. Now after being released from his captives, he has settled down in Memphis.

Captivity

On November 1, 2004, twenty gunmen stormed the compound where Hallums and his colleagues were working, in the upscale Mansour district of Baghdad. Hallums was taken hostage along with Roberto Tarongoy of the Philippines, Inus Dewari of Nepal, and three Iraqis. Dewari and the Iraqis were released soon after their abduction.

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Famous quotes by Roy Hallums:

"Both of us are in good health and look forward to returning to our respective families."
"I have waited for that day for more than 330 days. I just had so many dreams that he would be free."
"Coalition forces rescued American Roy Hallums and an Iraqi citizen from captivity in an isolated farm house located 15 miles (25 kilometres) south of Baghdad,"
"To those who continuously tracked my captors and location, and to those who physically brought me freedom today. To all of you, I will be forever grateful."
"I want to thank all of those involved in my rescue, those who continuously tracked my captors and location, and those who physically brought me freedom today."
"arrested by a resistance group in Iraq."
"so that I can be released as quickly as possible from this definite death."
"health is in a very bad situation."
"to hang in there."
"It was about 9 by 11 and maybe 4 1/2 feet tall because it was a basement. It was just concrete, concrete floor concrete walls."
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