{"id":11479,"date":"2015-04-06T16:18:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T21:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=11479"},"modified":"2015-04-06T16:18:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T21:18:24","slug":"video-syrian-immigrant-left-heartbroken-by-isiss-abduction-of-her-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-syrian-immigrant-left-heartbroken-by-isiss-abduction-of-her-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Syrian immigrant left heartbroken by ISIS&#8217;s abduction of her sister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Andersen Xia<\/p>\n<p>A recent abduction that happened in northeastern Syria has left a Chicago woman, Mimi Odicho, and her family heartbroken. Odicho&#8217;s\u00a0sister, Valentina Odicho, a mother of three, was\u00a0kidnapped last month by ISIS along with her\u00a0children while more than\u00a0200 other Assyrian Christians remain in captivity in that area. The devastated family does not have\u00a0any\u00a0news about the hostages so far. Ochido&#8217;s tragedy is not an individual case in Chicago.\u00a0With\u00a0terrorism gaining a foothold in Assyrian countries, fear, agony and anger swirl through\u00a0the immigrant community, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancil.org\">the Assyrian National Council of Illinois<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Syrian immigrant left heartbroken by ISIS&#039;s abduction of her sister\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122598286?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Mimi Odicho is praying in an Assyrian church in Glenview for\u00a0her sister who was kidnapped with her three children by ISIS. 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