Gracia Burnham (born January 17, 1959, Cairo, Illinois) and her husband Martin were United States Protestant missionaries in the Philippines with New Tribes Mission for 17 years from 1986. Th couple was among a larger group kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf Group, an Islamist separatist terrorist group operating in the southern Philippines, on May 27, 2001. While most of the group were killed or freed, the Burnhams were in captivity for a year and a few days. Wikipedia
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