Ben C. Solomon
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So it wasn't until the first time that I saw, I went to his house and he went through a photo album and he showed me the pictures of Shadi. And I took pictures and I went back to my hotel and I looked at them side by side, the videos of the man from the night that Sinai opened, the photos of Shadi before he was arrested. And I just, you know, I wasn't sure. I couldn't be sure.
So it wasn't until the first time that I saw, I went to his house and he went through a photo album and he showed me the pictures of Shadi. And I took pictures and I went back to my hotel and I looked at them side by side, the videos of the man from the night that Sinai opened, the photos of Shadi before he was arrested. And I just, you know, I wasn't sure. I couldn't be sure.
And I showed it to some colleagues and they weren't either. And it was just, you know, when you hear from a father, that that is my son 100%. You know, what can you say to that? It's either, like, who else would know? And a mother, too, Umfadi, his wife, was also just convinced that's him, that's 100% him, and we have to find him.
And I showed it to some colleagues and they weren't either. And it was just, you know, when you hear from a father, that that is my son 100%. You know, what can you say to that? It's either, like, who else would know? And a mother, too, Umfadi, his wife, was also just convinced that's him, that's 100% him, and we have to find him.
And I showed it to some colleagues and they weren't either. And it was just, you know, when you hear from a father, that that is my son 100%. You know, what can you say to that? It's either, like, who else would know? And a mother, too, Umfadi, his wife, was also just convinced that's him, that's 100% him, and we have to find him.
It was such a crazy time that it felt not unlikely that his son might not just have been able to find home. They had moved from the original place where they had lived before. So it was a high likelihood that it was him. But, you know, days turned into weeks, turned into months.
It was such a crazy time that it felt not unlikely that his son might not just have been able to find home. They had moved from the original place where they had lived before. So it was a high likelihood that it was him. But, you know, days turned into weeks, turned into months.
It was such a crazy time that it felt not unlikely that his son might not just have been able to find home. They had moved from the original place where they had lived before. So it was a high likelihood that it was him. But, you know, days turned into weeks, turned into months.
And then from afar, as I was just texting him on WhatsApp and just, you know, he would tell me no information, no information, nothing new.
And then from afar, as I was just texting him on WhatsApp and just, you know, he would tell me no information, no information, nothing new.
And then from afar, as I was just texting him on WhatsApp and just, you know, he would tell me no information, no information, nothing new.
I think at a certain point, we kind of started to feel that maybe it's not him. It seemed more and more unlikely that this guy just had so much memory loss that he couldn't hit home. And that was when we kind of started digging deeper. That was when we started joining these Facebook groups, getting into these accounts of lost people, and starting to look for Shadi ourselves.
I think at a certain point, we kind of started to feel that maybe it's not him. It seemed more and more unlikely that this guy just had so much memory loss that he couldn't hit home. And that was when we kind of started digging deeper. That was when we started joining these Facebook groups, getting into these accounts of lost people, and starting to look for Shadi ourselves.
I think at a certain point, we kind of started to feel that maybe it's not him. It seemed more and more unlikely that this guy just had so much memory loss that he couldn't hit home. And that was when we kind of started digging deeper. That was when we started joining these Facebook groups, getting into these accounts of lost people, and starting to look for Shadi ourselves.
We started looking for this photo, and we just put out word. Anybody could tell us any information. Does anybody know who this person was?
We started looking for this photo, and we just put out word. Anybody could tell us any information. Does anybody know who this person was?
We started looking for this photo, and we just put out word. Anybody could tell us any information. Does anybody know who this person was?
Finally, you know, after months and months of riding around, randomly just got a Facebook message. And a man wrote to her and said, hey, that's actually my cousin. And here's his name. And here he is. And here's his story. And then sent a picture of the same man wearing the same thing.
Finally, you know, after months and months of riding around, randomly just got a Facebook message. And a man wrote to her and said, hey, that's actually my cousin. And here's his name. And here he is. And here's his story. And then sent a picture of the same man wearing the same thing.
Finally, you know, after months and months of riding around, randomly just got a Facebook message. And a man wrote to her and said, hey, that's actually my cousin. And here's his name. And here he is. And here's his story. And then sent a picture of the same man wearing the same thing.