An Algerian man, who was abducted as a teenager and banished to a cellar for nearly three decades, was found at his kidnapper’s residence about 300 feet away from his own family’s home.
Omar Bin Omran was rescued on Sunday, May 12, from the home of the longtime captor, his own neighbor, who was living close to his family’s home in the Algerian city of Djelfa.
Footage of the now 45-year-old victim being rescued was widely shared after Omar was found alive in the 61-year-old homeowner’s basement, underneath a hay-covered floor in what appeared to be a sheep pen.
