This story “The Alann Steen Story: How I Survived,” appeared in the January 1993 print issue of Outdoor Life. ⁠ ⁠ Steen, who served as a U.S. Marine for six years and was briefly deployed during the Cuban Missile Crisis, died from cancer in 2018 at the age of 79. This editor’s note accompanied the original story:⁠ ⁠ Held captive in Lebanon, Alann Steen faced the reality of a cold cell and iron chains, the terror of a city exploding with mortar rounds and gunfire. But Steen had known fear before. In 1979, he wrote a story for Outdoor Life about his solo kayaking trip down a river in the Yukon. In the story, “Grizzly In No-Mans Land,” Steen faces a large bear: “Never had I experienced fear as I experienced it that day. Nor had I felt so helpless, cold and alone.” Steen’s words foreshadowed the chilling events that would change his life forever. While a professor at Beirut University in Lebanon, Steen was abducted by terrorists and held captive for five years. After Steen’s release in 199...