Stories recounting the life of Warren Weinstein—the 73-year-old American accidentally killed by a US drone strike after nearly four years as an al-Qaeda hostage—tend to mention one detail up high: When the aid worker was abducted in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2011, he was just days away from returning to the US after a seven-year mission. In fact, his bags were reportedly packed, reports the Daily Beast. Some other basics:
- His job: Weinstein had been country director for JE Austin Associates, an Arlington consulting firm. He had been working with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to help set up small businesses in troubled regions.