SON HOME. AUSTIN TICE HAS BEEN HELD IN SYRIA FOR 12 YEARS.
HIS PARENTS TOLD ME TODAY
THERE’S RECENT EVIDENCE THAT
AUSTIN IS ALIVE.
>> WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PROOF
OF LIFE, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY
VERIFIABLE INTEL THAT HE IS.
>> MARK AND DEBRA SAY THEIR
CONFIDENCE IS BOOSTED BY
UNSPECIFIED INFORMATION THEY’VE
RECEIVED FROM THE REGION.
>> WE DID HEAR THAT HE’S DOING
WELL, WHENEVER WE HAD THE
INFORMATION THAT HE IS SAFE, HE
IS WELL.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN AGREES THAT
TICE IS ALIVE AND OVER THE
WEEKEND SAYS HE THINKS THE U.S.
CAN GET HIM BACK.
THE FAMILY’S REQUEST TO THE
PRESIDENT --
>> WE WOULD ASK THE SAME THING
OF THEM AS WE ARE OF THE NEW
AUTHORITIES IN DAMASCUS, AND
THAT IS PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU
CAN TO KEEP AUSTIN SAFE UNTIL
HE’S IN OUR ARMS, HOME WITH US.
>> AUSTIN TICE WENT MISSING ON A
REPORTING ASSIGNMENT IN SYRIA IN
AUGUST 2012, THE LAST SIGHTING,
THIS BRIEF VIDEO SURFACING ABOUT
A MONTH LATER.
ALIVE BUT APPEARING TO BE HELD
BY CAPTIVE PARTIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UPS AND
DOWNS, AS YOU CAN CERTAINLY
TESTIFY TO.
DOES THIS FEEL DIFFERENT
SOMEHOW?
>> IT DOES FEEL DIFFERENT.
>> IT DEFINITELY FEELS
DIFFERENT.
>> VERY MUCH FEELS DIFFERENT.
IN CHAOS THERE’S OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND IT
FEELS STRONGER THAN ANY THAT
WE’VE SEEN OR FELT IN A LONG
TIME.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK STANDS IN
THE WAY OF HIS FREEDOM?
>> I CAN’T IMAGINE THAT ANYTHING
STANDS IN THE WAY OF HIS
FREEDOM.
IT WILL JUST BE A MATTER OF WHO
FINDS HIM AND HOW THEY CHOOSE TO