I don’t tend to blog about appeals, but I [came across this terribly sad story](https://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/08/21/please-help-my-friend-colin-recover-his-kidnapped-children-noorramsay/?awesm=bothsid.es_7EG&utm_medium=bothsid.es-twitter&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=backtype-tweetcount) and I really want to encourage you all too also pledge and support him. Here is what happened, written by a friend of Colin:

> Colin & I have been close friends for 13 years when we started our MBA program together. We then both lived in London and our children played together. Colin moved back to his home town of Boston before I returned to the US and unfortunately he got divorced from his wife, an Egyptian national, in 2008. He was granted full legal custody by the US courts of his two young boys (US citizens). His wife created forged passports in a fake name and kidnapped his two children by illegally flying back to Cairo on Egypt Air. He hasn’t seen them in more than a year and she is in hiding.

> Mirvat el Nady now has an arrest warrant in the US and is wanted by Interpol (see here). Colin is being supported by his Senator John Kerry and has received help from Vice President Biden and Attorney General, Eric Holder. The problem is that Egypt doesn’t support the Hague Convention and doesn’t have an extradition policy with the United States so they don’t recognize any of the international legal rulings in Colin’s favor. Colin has now won visitation rights in an Egyptian court, but Mirvat didn’t show up at the legally required meeting day / time in Egypt.

You can see an interview with Colin [here](https://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/24709223/index.html) about his ordeal.

I am not a father yet, but it doesn’t take a huge leap of imagination to understand how painful and heartbreaking it must be to have your kids taken away from you and to have no idea where they are…and no way of getting in touch with them.

I wanted to encourage you all to show your support for Colin, and [contribute to his legal defense fund](https://funds.gofundme.com/ifo4). You can also show your support by joining [this Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Bring-Noor-And-Ramsay-Home/152445694771527#!/pages/Help-Bring-Noor-And-Ramsay-Home/152445694771527?v=info); I am sure kind words of support on that page will be welcomed.

We pledged today, and with him aiming to raise $25,000 for the legal defence fund, if we all contribute a little this could really help this family. Thanks, folks.