The Hostage: An Interview With Elaine Weinstein
60 minutes: “The Hostage” On February 21, 2016, 60 Minutes aired the interview of Lesley Stahl with Elaine Weinstein, a widow, mother, and grandmother. She recounted the agonizingly painful process she went through to get her husband from the terrorist group that abducted him. Specifically, she narrated the constant fear, stress, and worry the entire experience puts her through. Though, she managed to maintain her composure for the sake of her loved one. As Weinstein said, “On my mind all the time was, "You keep it together. Your husband's life is in your hands."” It’s remarkable considering she dealt with the daily pressure for four years. Her patience, hope, and love, urged her to keep going and the pressure was an undeniable preponderance:
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drone strikes. The government was certain that the area of the attack only sheltered terrorists, but discovered the two hostages afterwards. Elaine Weinstein had foreseen this and begged the government, in advance, to halt their attacks in worry that her husband would be collateral damage. She was ignored. Part of the blame for the death of her husband was pointed to the government. Despite the personal apologies from government officials, Weinstein grieves, “To the [government officials] that we said, "Don't do this." And they acknowledged that they did it and they-- they goofed.” Although some may argue that mistakes are an unavoidable aspect of humans and the government is not excluded from that fact, Weinstein would argue that if the government played any role to help or listen to her views, the deaths could’ve been avoided. The experienced toyed at her emotions and strained her heart. Though, even after her mission to save her husband failed, she would keep living for his sake: “Trying to go on with my life. Trying to-- I'm still married to him.” In sum, Elaine and Warren Weinstein suffered at the hands of international issues; though, despite the death of her husband, Elaine Weinstein refuses to succumb to depression and will live on with the memories of her husband,
drone strikes. The government was certain that the area of the attack only sheltered terrorists, but discovered the two hostages afterwards. Elaine Weinstein had foreseen this and begged the government, in advance, to halt their attacks in worry that her husband would be collateral damage. She was ignored. Part of the blame for the death of her husband was pointed to the government. Despite the personal apologies from government officials, Weinstein grieves, “To the [government officials] that we said, "Don't do this." And they acknowledged that they did it and they-- they goofed.” Although some may argue that mistakes are an unavoidable aspect of humans and the government is not excluded from that fact, Weinstein would argue that if the government played any role to help or listen to her views, the deaths could’ve been avoided. The experienced toyed at her emotions and strained her heart. Though, even after her mission to save her husband failed, she would keep living for his sake: “Trying to go on with my life. Trying to-- I'm still married to him.” In sum, Elaine and Warren Weinstein suffered at the hands of international issues; though, despite the death of her husband, Elaine Weinstein refuses to succumb to depression and will live on with the memories of her husband,