Hostage in Taipei : A True Story of Forgiveness and Hope

Colonel McGill Alexander had just been posted to Taiwan as a diplomat. His family felt safe there -- until Taiwan's most-wanted criminal, Chen Chin-hsing, broke into their home and held them at gunpoint, using them as pawns to free his imprisoned wife. Used as human shields during a gun battle between the killer and the trigger-happy Taiwanese police, McGill and his daughter, Melanie, were shot. After a grueling 26 hours, the entire family was freed. Chen was captured and found guilty of mu...