US aid worker's parents plead for his release
INDIANAPOLIS - The parents of a US man threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group are pleading with his captors to free him, saying in a video statement Saturday that their son has devoted his life to humanitarian work and aiding Syria's war refugees.
Ed and Paula Kassig's video was released a day after the Islamic State group's online video threatened to behead 26-year-old Peter Kassig next -- following the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning.
That video was a heartbreaking development for Kassig's family and friends, who had stayed silent since his capture while working to secure his release.
