This video clip was taken in the Kurdish city of Irbil on July 29, 2009, two days before Shane, Sarah and Josh were detained. It shows shows Josh performing an improvised Iraq rap.
This clip was filmed by the fourth hiker Shon Meckfessel. Shon had stayed behind at their hotel in the town of Suleimaniya with a cold when Shane, Sarah and Josh hiked to the Ahmed Awa waterfall, close to the border with Iran. He was on his way to meet up with them the next day when he got a cell-phone call from Shane saying they were being taken into custody.
If ever there was even the slightest doubt that we were in Iraqi Kurdistan to relax and have fun, this should surely remove it. I hope the Iranian authorities see these clips, realize my friends are harmless young people who may have made a simple mistake and let them come home, Shon said.
For more information about the hikers and their plight, please visit http://freethehikers.org. Thank you!
was he ok???!!!!!!!
lale175 1 year ago
Free Them NOW!!
SwedishMan1981 2 years ago
They were just to near to the border! Iran saw a Moment in time! So sad! Hope they are ok!! Don't think they did any thing wrong! Cept poor judgment!
Randyak49 2 years ago