Unconditional love and support from her family provided the necessary mental strength to survive her captivity.

“The realization that my family would still love me proved to be the turning point. In fact, it proved to be the most important moment throughout my entire 9-month ordeal. It was at that moment that I decided that no matter what happened, I was going to find a way to survive.”

Patty Hearst likely was not brainwashed initially but rather forced into compliance to survive.

“I don't think she was brainwashed at this point. You know, I think I'll amend that later on, but you know, I I feel like it takes like I bet it was still written, still heavily scripted because obviously they're theatrical, they're very all this, but you know, she still like she robbed that bank”

The host acknowledges that the rarest form of kidnapping is non-family abduction.

“It's the rarest form of kidnapping um is non-family abduction. So, I mean that's technically either taken by someone they know, but not related to them, or just a full-on stranger. And yeah, it only makes up 1% of missing children cases.”

The ransom notes should not be dismissed as a hoax because the family felt compelled to create a public plea video.

“I mean, I think they must think they might be real or they wouldn't have had Savannah Guthrie make that video that came out last night.”

The speaker characterizes the act of forcing someone to make films for a regime as a form of kidnapping that is distinct from and worse than common criminal abductions.

“She's like oh no I'm being kidnapped by a government this is much worse than a regular kidnapping what can be worse than death”

Jordan claims that being hog-tied during a robbery is an incredibly restrictive and uncomfortable position.

“it's so you can't like run do anything ter Jordan that's really bad”

The kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is a targeted act of evil and an extremely serious situation.

“The kidnapping of the 84year-old mother of the TV star has, I think, set a lot of people on edge and for very good reason. And apparently, according to the New York Post, Nancy Guthri's purported kidnappers claimed in a ransom note sent to TMZ that the 84year-old TV host mom is safe but scared.”

He considers Elizabeth Smart a hero for her ability to remain calm and protect her family during the abduction.

“First off, my initial impression from all of this is I strongly believe that Elizabeth not only saved herself, but she saved her family that night. Her ability to stay calm in those moments was a life ordeath situation.”