Yvonne Bornstein Media Man Australia

Yvonne Bornstein

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www.yvonnebornstein.com

Presents

ELEVEN DAYS OF HELL
MY TRUE STORY OF KIDNAPPING, TERROR, TORTURE AND HISTORIC FBI & KGB RESCUE

Terror, Torture and Triumph

A True-life Kidnap Story With a Twist of International Intrigue!

Kidnapped by gangsters and terrorists in Russia.

Her life can only be saved by an "impossible" alliance of old enemies.

One way or another, her ELEVEN DAYS OF HELL will end tonight!

ABOUT YVONNE BORNSTEIN

Twelve years to get past the emotional and physical trauma of being kidnapped, held hostage, tortured, raped and rescued to finally tell my story. In 1992, as a wife, mother, and businesswoman I found myself caught up by Capitalists in the now former Soviet Union. Because of a bad Moscow business deal, I was held hostage for $1.6 million ransom by Chechen terrorists originally thought to be the Russian mob. It was only in 2002 that a key player in the rescue put together by the FBI and “former” KGB, amazingly linked the kidnappers to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network. Some experiences we can move through and rebound into a more powerful, more challenging existence. For most, this would have been impossible to overcome. My inspiration and motivation was to lose my self-pity and confront my demons head-on, and to appreciate how good it is to be alive. In challenging myself and creating my own growth, I hope that women will grow as well, through me. Self-empowerment became my mantra. Life is now wonderful. Crisis can lead to gratitude. That bleak morning in 1992 I fully believed I was about to die. As it turned out, that was the moment I had just begun to live. As a professional speaker and author here in Agoura Hills, California as well as various states in Australia, I have been able to share my story with many individuals, businesses and corporations around the world.

Press Release

A True Story of International Terrorist Kidnapping, Torture and Survival

Terror, Torture and Triumph - A True-life Kidnap Story With a Twist of International Intrigue! Kidnapped by gangsters and terrorists in Russia. Her life can only be saved by an "impossible" alliance of old enemies. One way or another, her "Eleven Days of Hell" will end tonight!

(PRWEB) February 8, 2005 -- It took Yvonne Bornstein, author of "Eleven Days of Hell, My True Story of Kidnapping, Terror, Torture and Historic FBI and KGB Rescue" (Authorhouse, January 18, 2005 – ISBN: 1418494070) twelve years to get past the emotional and physical trauma of her kidnapping, torture, rape and rescue to finally tell her story. In 1992 Bornstein, a wife, mother of two, and businesswoman, found herself caught up in the political disintegration of the Soviet Union. Visit www.yvonnebornstein.com for more information.

Lured to a newly capitalist Moscow by a business proposition, Yvonne and then husband Daniel Weinstock, Australian citizens, were kidnapped, tortured and held for $1.6 million ransom by Chechen rebels originally thought to be gypsies or members of the Russian mob. It was only in 2002 that a key player in the rescue, Russian attorney and Chechen terrorist expert Dimitry O. Afanasiev, amazingly linked the kidnappers to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

Clouding the jurisdiction of the crime was the ransom demand made to Daniel Weinstock's New Jersey family. With three countries involved, a rescue attempt seemed impossible, particularly since the FBI and KGB had never worked together and had been Cold War enemies. Yvonne's kidnapping and rescue eleven days later, was an historical first joint operation between the FBI and KGB. The FBI chronicled the event in a press release following the rescue making front page headlines in the US and international media including The NY Times; Los Angeles, Times, Dallas Morning News and UPI.

"Eleven Days of Hell, My True Story of Kidnapping, Terror, Torture and Historic FBI and KGB Rescue" has been critically acclaimed and described as "A terrifyingly true thriller that grips you from the first page and never lets you go!" by Stuart Beattie, screenwriter of the hit movies Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. "Yvonne Bornstein has shown remarkable courage and skill by digging deep into her darkest nightmares and detailing them on the page in a way that will leave you breathless..."

Yvonne's narrative is even more fascinating due to the individuals involved. The key players read like fictional characters in a John le Carre or Robert Ludlum novel, except Bornstein's characters are, unfortunately very real.

Yvonne Bornstein (www.yvonnebornstein.com) is currently in negotiations for the film rights to her story.

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