i spoke with zaidoun's cousin about the ordeal her family is going through. take a look. when was the last time you spoke to him? >> i spoke to him four days before he was detained. we always worked together. he was into helping others, and there was one field hospital that he was pretty much responsible for, so anytime he needed help, medical supplies, or even in terms of financial help, he would ask me and then we would communicate on how to get that to him. so i spoke to him four days before he was detained. >> the thing -- i mean, i have never met himent, but i feel like i spent a lot of time with him, just talking to him on the phone or talking to him on the air. and i have just been struck by his extraordinary courage. this is a man who could have stayed silent. he could have not spoken up. he could have not used his name. he wanted his name to be used. he wanted to put a name to his voice. has he always been this man of courage? >> he has been that kind of person from the beginning. he's very outspoken. he's very vocal, and like you mentioned, when i talked to him

i spoke with zaidoun a short time ago.y on behalf of everyone at cnn we're so thrilled and relieved you're back home. how are you feeling? how are you doing? >> i'm fine. i'm overwhelmed with the support i got from you guys, cnn, great job. really great effect. i wasn't tortured. i was dealt with really respectfully. because of the campaign you made, guys. i lost around 35 or 40 pounds, i got sick inside. i was almost dead. because there's no medicine. but there are -- i don't know, 300,000 more or more people inside. we were 91 persons in a small room, only maybe 15 foot by 20 foot. >> 91 people in a room that small? >> yeah. it was no oxygen. it was a factory for madness and death. >> a factory for madness and death? >> yes. i have heard many horror stories. i cannot imagine what happens inside. it's not the physical torture. i'm not talking about that. i'm talking about the torture of souls. people are losing mind inside because of, there's no food, you can't sleep, there's no medicine. people are there for no reason. m

we hope this helps and we'll continue to focus on zaidoun. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> according to opposition activists, 71 people were killed today in syria. we'll be right back. >>> oh, yes, time for "the ridiculist." we have another modern day fable that proves theres no deeper relationship on earth than the one forged between a man and his sandwich. at a subway in florida a customer ordered a cheesesteak. doesn't that look delicious? of course it does. it ran into a bit of a problem when it came to the condiments and thus played out an epic battle between customer and subway sandwich artist. >> i told him american cheese, onions, ketchup. >> he wants ketchup on the philly cheesesteak. we don't have ketchup in subway. i never put ketchup on anybody's sandwich. >> it is a conundrum. no? at this point they should have taken a deep breath, asked themselves, what would jared do? instead the customer said he didn't want the cheesesteak without ketchup and some sort of verbal confrontation started between the ketchup guy and the subway employee and that's wh

we will stay forever. >> our thoughts are with zaidoun and his family.usin. we'll bring that to you on 360. >>> isha is back. >> police in california making an arrest in a deadly shooting at a new year's eve fireworks show in sacramento. police say a 22-year-old man opened fire following an argument. two people died at the scene including one man who reportedly tried to break up that fight. several others were wounded. >>> the family of a sandy hook shooting survivor now putting plans to sue the state of connecticut on hold. their lawyer withdrawing papers after facebook comments. the suit was alleging the state failed to protect the children. >>> they opened their doors just in time to ring in the new year. the state's first since passing an amendment legalizing recreational marijuana use. >>> anderson, a wild scene in california caught on tape as a sledding trip nearly turned to tragedy. several people rushing to the rescue of a man who slid into the water of an icy lake. the first person on the scene also fell in the water when the ice gave way under