Anna Corbett is “very concerned” for her husband Ryan as he nears his 600th day in Taliban captivity, her fear exacerbated by a disturbing call that signaled his physical and mental health are rapidly declining.
“We spoke with him for 12 minutes, and it was very clear to me that he is giving up hope, and that was devastating to me,” she said Wednesday in a “Fox & Friends First” exclusive.
“He also was really sick last week with a high fever and no one knew. No one had seen him, and he has not been visited since December,” she continued.
“He was alone, in his sickness, and it was difficult because I could not share with him that, on this side of things, I see a lot of hope [that] things are moving forward, and that was really just disappointing for me to not be able to instill a lot of hope in him.”
Ryan’s situation is dismal. Previous prisoners who were housed in his cell say the former business adviser must survive on “scraps of fatty meat,” request bathroom access and live in darkness most of the time, according to an NBC News report from December.
In the U.S., Anna has visited Washington, D.C. nine times to plead her husband’s case. She said, when she is not meeting officials face-to-face, however, the talks stall.
