To The Editor:</</b>p>

Most of us won’t know the moment we’re about to die; if we’re very lucky it will sneak up on us without warning and happen quickly and painlessly, perhaps even in our sleep. After my recent experience as a hostage with a gun at my head on and off for about 13 hours, I can tell you that the possibility of impending death brings on random, sometimes strange, thoughts, prayers, and occasionally hope.