Company boss escapes kidnappers

The chairman of Trinidad's main natural gas company, Atlantic LNG, managed to escape from a group of kidnappers who snatched him from his beach house over the weekend. Gordon Deane, a Trinidadian businessman, sustained a dislocated shoulder and...

The chairman of Trinidad's main natural gas company, Atlantic LNG, managed to escape from a group of kidnappers who snatched him from his beach house over the weekend.

Gordon Deane, a Trinidadian businessman, sustained a dislocated shoulder and injuries to the back of his neck when he threw himself out of a moving vehicle, ran through a forest and jumped down a waterfall to escape his kidnappers.

"Gordon Deane, chairman of Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago, said that he is happy and grateful to be alive. He has returned to his family and is in good spirits," Atlantic LNG said in a statement.

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