Conscious Coma
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In March 1980, David Rabhan, a private industrialist was swept up in the
revolution of the era in Iran. Arrested and sent to a public prison, David
waited three years for his first court appearance and to be charged with
espionage. At the mercy of his captors, he spent years in chains--blindfolded
and being shuffled from one prison to another. In the midst of being tortured,
imprisoned, beaten and going through three "mock executions",
he survived. He survived by writing, drawing and sketching scenes from
his surroundings. He also became the "tea man" for the prison,
by making tea daily for other prisoners. He never gave up. He devised
schemes and plans and he challenged his captors daily whether it was about
his showers, his food or his photograph of President Jimmy Carter. David
had been President Carter's private pilot during Carter's gubernatorial
days and as David remained in prison for ten years, Carter was back home
writing letters and meeting with foreign diplomats trying to get his friend
released. These years with a few other American prisoners that came and
went spread into days, weeks and years of unbelievable horror. Now, years
after his harrowing imprisonment, he has written a story of his survival
and what he found and lost while being held captive.
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