we're joined by ray hallems, held captive for ten months and wrote about his experience, in his book "buried alive." thank you for joining us ray. first what were you up to when you were taken? >> i was a civilian contractor when i was in iraq, helping build the base he for military that were coming over there so they have places to live when they actually arrive. >> there were lots of americans working in iraq at the time. before you went over were you given any guidance the the about the policy and what to do if someone tried to stay you? >> not official. when i first went over there there were over 100,000 american civilian contractors that went in. it was a general idea we knew it was a risk. it's become more formal now that it's required for people to be given some kind of training or briefing on what their risk might be. >> were you hurt at all when you were taken? >> well, the day i was kidnapped, i wasn't. i mean, being held for 311 days, you know, there were injuries, and then poor food, mall nutrition over time, it became critical toward the end before i was rescued. >> were