My Girlfriend's Childhood Friend Tried to Scare Rebels With Our Passports When We were Trapped Abroad

A sudden rebellion broke out in Ukraine while we were there to talk about foreign trade cooperation abroad. Unfortunately, we got trapped in the war zone. Later, we heard that the rebels had set up a checkpoint at the port. They were asking for $5,000 to let one person go.

My girlfriend's childhood friend, Otto Blackmoore, laughed and asked, “Why should we waste money? Just show the US passport. They’ll let us through right away.”

My girlfriend, Yvette Mulligan, quickly agreed.

“Otto is right. That’s how it always works on TV.”