![]() ![]() ![]() “I read about myself in the Hawaiian Express, do you know what I mean?” (Notwithstanding that there doesn’t appear to be any such newspaper, yes, I definitely do.) “I think I found 35 stories about us,” he told me. Reflecting on the whole thing five months later, Ellis, a 26-year-old with a business degree and a marketing masters, couldn’t totally wrap his head around it. It was never made clear why the captain had let them on the boat in the first place, but whatever. A stubborn trawler captain, chugging doggedly onwards to Tartus, where he turfed the friends out upon landing interrogation at the hands of Russian intelligence officers mutual hilarity as the Russians realised what had happened and, after a hot meal, a quick tour of the area, and a good night’s sleep, spots on the next fishing vessel headed back to Cyprus. If you saw these headlines at the time, you may dimly remember the rest. “Hungover lads’ boat trip boob lands them in Syria,” wahey-ed the Mirror “British holidaymakers board ‘party boat’ in Ayia Napa – and end up in war-torn SYRIA,” guffawed the Express. It was, nonetheless, a story that had legs. ![]()
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