He was fortunate to get out. During his time there he had made friends with a gentleman that could probably best be described as an Islamic fundamentalist. When things started getting Sket etch, this guy made sure that my grandfather got out.

Before things came undone, my grandpa said it was like living in a place like Las Vegas. You could pretty much get whatever you needed, and he was able to get his work done fairly easily. He was working for Collins radio at the time.

During his time he had to make a day trip to Iraq. He flew in and then took a bus. He needed to go survey a building where they would install an antenna. He said it was the scariest place he had ever been in his life, and this was a man who fought in Korea.