After being held captive for 28 days in a underground pit Mellissa Fung sat down today for an interview with Anna Maria Tremonti. She was stabbed and wounded during the abduction, but is otherwise is good health.
During her captivity she didn’t let her herself think about dying. “I couldn’t let myself go there. I told myself I’m not dying here.” she said. “I’m not always tranquil, but I know myself pretty well. I know in my mind where I could go and couldn’t go.”
During those dark days underground she said she focused on the future. “I just made plans, I planned to have a Christmas party. I planned to have a vacation. I just made plans of things that I was going to do when I got out.”
Ever the humble reporter, she felt the media attention was unwarranted, “I want to get back to my normal life as soon as possible,” she said.
If you’d like to wish Mellissa well, leave a comment below.
Also you can watch the whole interview here, or read the cbc.ca story here.
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So glad you’re back and out of harm’s way, Melissa. A lot of people were rooting for you, even if we weren’t allowed to talk publicly about it. Rest well and don’t rush back into work if you’re not up to it.
You probably don’t think of yourself as a hero, but I think your ability to successfully manage yourself and your emotions under those conditions for 28 days showed extraordinary heroism. And when you were finally released, your first words were an expression of concern about those who worried about you while you were in captivity! I’m in awe. I freak out over a CAT scan. I learned a great deal by listening to your complete interview, and I believe knowing about your experience and how you handled it would enable me to endure difficult circumstances with more grace than I would have been able to before this.