A longtime humanitarian aid worker, Dale is no stranger to the dangers inherent in his line of work. From to , he worked in field hospitals and distributed aid in an area of Somalia where, at the time, people were dying every day from the Biblical-scale famine.
Usually the Red Cross never ever deals with people with guns. We never carry guns in our vehicles. But in Somalia we had to employ guards and escorts to see us through the dangerous areas and to cross frontlines. I think Somalia was the first for many things, not just for UN armed intervention β peace keepers they call them β but obviously for the Red Cross. A number of Westerners have been kidnapped in the city in recent years , by both Baluch separatists and Islamic militants.
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