Get unlimited access to Bruins cup coverage - Just 99¢

The Boston Globe

Metro

Two from Massachusetts held in Egypt

A day after the Rev. Michel Louis and an Everett woman were kidnapped in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Sister Irma Pasien-Joseph stood in front of Louis’ predominantly Haitian congregation in Mattapan and led a simple prayer.

“Just to release him,” she said Saturday afternoon. “That’s all.”

Comments

Why do people continue knowingly go into harm's way? Egypt has been an extremely unstable country after Mubarak. In another recent example, three young people went hiking along the Iran border and got capture as spies and imprisoned for years?