John and Diane Foley - Freedom Vigil for Jim Foley
Channel: Reid Simpson
Date: 2014-08-24

Jim Foley, a photographer kidnapped in 2012, held captive for over 600 days, and brutally slain in 2014 by ISIS, was remembered by his hometown of Rochester, NH at a vigil in his honor, organized by members of the New England Syrian-American community that respected and embraced his efforts to bring to light the story of Syrian strife. Jim was a survivor of a previous kidnapping in Libya, released and returned to the US. He returned to his dangerous pursuit of exposing the truth in Syria and lost his life.

His parents, John and Diane, bravely spoke to the crowd, not of pain and sorrow, but of hope, that Jim's life would encourage the world to find peace.