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Subject: George Weyerhaeuser Ransoms Out
Written By: LyricBoy on 06/17/22 at 5:02 am
Renowned kidnapping victim George Wayerhauser, heir to the lumber fortune, has passed away at the age of 95. :\'(
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/george-weyerhaeuser-sr-great-grandson-of-timber-company-founder-and-childhood-kidnap-victim-dies-at-95/
Back in 1935, young George was kidnapped and held for a $200,000 ransom back when that was considered to be a real haul. The ransom was paid and he was released safely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Weyerhaeuser_kidnapping
28 years after the kidnapping, one of the kidnappers asked George for a job at the lumber company, and George hired him. :o
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