Cary Vaughan is an

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English language instructor and journalist best known for her role in the Terry A. Anderson hostage crisis in Lebanon. An instructor at the

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and a part-time worker at Associated Press bureau there, Vaughan and her husband

Bill Foley William Foley is an American photojournalist whose work has been recognized by several national and international awards, including a Pulitzer Prize and International Press Freedom Awards. He has worked on assignment in 47 countries, with a p ...

, an AP photojournalist, were friends with Anderson prior to his abduction. Following his abduction by

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militants, Vaughan and Foley worked to secure his release. For their efforts, the pair received one of the first International Press Freedom Awards from the Committee to Protect Journalists in 1991.

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