Splutter: Held Hostage in Beirut for 45 Minutes. Later Dave Risked His Pension to Buy the Business He Worked For

Surviving crisis, from a Beirut hostage ordeal to losing every client overnight. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/founded. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Dave Mason has survived two crises most people never face: being held hostage for 45 minutes in Beirut and having every client cancel in a single afternoon. Now he helps companies survive theirs. ⚠️ Note: this episode contains a first-hand account of violence and trauma (a hostage situation and PTSD). Listener discretion advised. In 2006, Dave Mason was reporting on displaced families in Beirut when his car was surrounded by a mob. For 45 minutes, he and his colleague held on in the back of that car, fighting for their lives, punched, robbed, and threatened- before, of all groups, Hezbollah ended up getting them to safety, and he was taken to meet the Prime Minister of Lebanon.