Home at Last     

“But so far,” he remembers, “those were just hints, not confirmations.”

It wasn’t that the government was hiding information, he clarifies. At that point, they really didn’t know.

“As soon as they had information — you know, with their own high-end intelligence fronts — they immediately shared it with us, but for the first two weeks, Sharon’s and Noam’s status was ‘missing.’ And until that status was changed to ‘kidnapped,’ it was excruciating. Because missing can go both ways — either they’re kidnapped, or they’re dead. So during this horrible two weeks of not knowing, we didn’t give any interviews, didn’t do any publicity work. Because how can I say, ‘Save my wife, save my daughter,’ if she’s really dead?

“As soon as the government had information, our personal liaison immediately made an appointment and came over. They were very good to us, sharing whatever they knew. They understood the mental state of someone whose loved ones are missing.”