#11 Three Cups of Tea

While in Pakistan, Mortenson went deep into the mountains, looking for places in need of a school. However, this was very dangerous business, and it was proved to be so in every sense. The first night in foreign territory, Mortenson was kidnapped. He was put in a small room with a mat and was only let out to use the bathroom. The only thing he had to pass the time was an old Times magazine, which featured a hostage crisis, in which they were detained for more than a year. Needless to say this did not make Mortenson any calmer. He stayed in the room for days until a translator was brought, and after eight days, Mortenson was released, able to go home to his wife and see their child be born.
Not long after his daughter's birth, he was called by Jean Hoerni, his patron, asking if the school was finished yet. Jean was diagnosed with a deadly form of leukemia, and wanted to see a picture of it before he died. All too soon, Mortenson went back for the picture of the final product, and brought it back for Hoerni.
First, I would have never gone back to Pakistan after I was kidnapped. Mortenson is a very brave and dedicated man. He was just as proud as Hoerni, who upon recieving the picture, demanded that it be hung up despite hospital regulations, and called up his lifelong friend to boast on his deathbed.