Jack Laurence

You'd think that after his ordeal, Sean would be angry, resentful and regretful of some of his decisions.

However, he says no.

In fact, the ordeal reminded him of many valuable lessons.

Sean was back, spending time with his children, his family and friends and putting himself back together, working on his PTSD.

However, his experience wouldn't put a complete stop to his work because eventually he would go back to war and to the front lines, ready to tell another story.

In his documentary, Ukraine's War, The Other Side, where, in typical Sean fashion, he wanted to tell the other side of the story.

So instead of joining the Ukrainians on the front line, he went and spent time with the Russians.

Obviously going somewhere like that when you're, I suppose, quote unquote, a guest of the Kremlin, shall we say, or they knew you were there, the likelihood of you getting kidnapped and potentially beheaded is low.

But you even have a dodgy moment where you go down, you're taken into some area to be shown NATO weapons that they'd taken and then these special forces guys come down and it all gets very aggressive and very hairy.

You're still having those moments.

So, I mean, are you just a little bit unhinged?

It's interesting what you say there about what, you know, a missing part of the PTSD was sort of having that taken away from you because it's... Oh, massive.

Jason Fox, the former SAS guy or SBS guy, said actually a quote of his was, I think, I'll butcher it, but it's something along the lines of part of PTSD is realizing that you'll never feel as alive as you once did.

He would also go back to the same region in which he found himself kidnapped.

But this time would be the very last time.

So as we wrap up this incredible story and the first season of this podcast, Sean left me with some parting words that I feel are rather apt, especially for the state of the world as it is today.

So I will leave it to him.

Yeah.

It just doesn't work.

The war on terror wasn't just dangerous for those carrying weapons.