"Make no mistake of the danger we're in. If they have lost everything, they will make sure we lose

"Make no mistake of the danger we're in. If they have lost everything, they will make sure we lose everything. And that means our lives."
A hostage
Taken by striking Nigerian oil workers, in an e-mail message read by Jake Molloy, general secretary of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee. The committee is a Scotland-based labor union that has members among the 97 hostages.
"The quake shook up the chicken shed so bad they all laid scrambled eggs. It bounced us pretty heavy."
Jim Toler
On a rare Southern earthquake near the Alabama-Georgia border.