Episode 4: “Collision”
Producer/Director Singeli Agnew
An American couple quit their Washington office jobs to bike around the world in search of experiences they couldn’t find from behind their desks. After thousands of miles through more than two dozen countries, Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan’s journey came to a violent end on the side of a highway in Tajikistan. That’s where five men who had pledged their allegiance to ISIS ran the couple and their travel companions down and stabbed them to death.
Watch the story of the attack in the next episode of “The Weekly,” on FX this Sunday and streaming on Hulu starting Monday. Join the conversation about @theweekly on Twitter and Instagram. #TheWeeklyNYT
In This Episode
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Our correspondent, Rukmini Callimachi, travels to Tajikistan to retrace the couple’s path and to sit down face to face with the architect of the attack.
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Investigators show Rukmini the evidence they collected, including the ISIS ringleader’s cellphone, which contains his communication with Islamic State leaders abroad before, during and just after he and his men killed the cyclists.
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Questioning a terrorist, without simply allowing him to try to justify his deeds, is a powerfully effective way to help viewers understand the pathology of the jihadist group’s murderous ideology.
Complete Coverage
Director of Photography Victor Tadashi Suarez
Additional Cinematography Nick Kraus
Video Editors Geoff O’Brien, David Herr
Senior Story Editors Dan Barry, Liz O. Baylen, Liz Day
Associate Producer Madeline Rosenberg
Source : Nytimes
