Stonington couple kept their secret

[Robb]

http://www.theday.com/article/20110101/NWS01/301019950/1017">Stonington couple kept their secret

Stonington - On a Monday night in November 2008, Carol Ruffo was expecting a phone call from her son, David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, who was back in Afghanistan working on a book about the war.

"It was unusual. He always used to call me when he said he would," she said one morning earlier this week while sitting in the living room of her Lords Point home. "I was getting more and more worked up about it."

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The next afternoon as she drove along Granite Street in Westerly after volunteering at The Westerly Hospital, her cell phone rang. On the other end was her eldest son, Lee.

"I could tell something was wrong," Carol recalled.

"Pull over the car, Mom," Lee told her.

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R! Wow! A truly amazing story...

And what this family went through... Thanks for posting. :wow: :hi:

[PufPuf23]

2. You dig up the darnedest obscure things so easily.

Happy for this story.

[Robb]

5. Heh. Thanks.

A lot of us remember him being held by the Serbs. It was a lot of work getting him back that time, not much we could do with the Taliban. He knew it, and got his own self back this time. :thumbsup:

[mimitabby]

3. that's it! your passport has been revoked

that's what i would have said too!!

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

4. Great story. They are stronger people than I think I would

be under those circumstances.

[LiberalFighter]

6. I heard this story I think on NPR on my way home for Thanksgiving.

Both David Rohde and his wife were being interviewed about her book about the incident.

[Sisaruus]

7. They are my cousin's neighbors.

We didn't know.

[Robb]

10. The effort to make sure you *didn't* was pretty comprehensive.

:hi:

[Statistical]

8. Wow great story. I am glad they didn't negotiate and even more glad it ended "well". n/t

[williesgirl]

9. Wow - everyone should read this. I doubt I could have withstood it for so long. rec'd

[Control-Z]

11. Secrecy

was essential in this case. But, it must have been hard to remain silent, especially when there were so many doubts about the validity of information being received. So happy for the outcome. I hope David Rohde can do his reporting from safer locations in the future.