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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story

1991-01-13

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Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.

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