Washington D.C. – Spectrum News 1, January 14, 2025
For 887 days, Livingston County native Ryan Corbett has been wrongfully detained by the Taliban. He’s been living in a nine-by-nine basement cell with little access to food, water and sunlight. Since his detention, he says he’s had constant ringing in his ears, dental issues, fainting spells and seizures, among many other illnesses.
His family heard from him Sunday around 5:30 a.m. and learned he has finally been able to put on a little weight and he’d been given a bit more access to sunlight.
“He has improved, which is good,” his wife, Anna Corbett, explained. “He’s gained a little bit of weight. I’m grateful for that. He has a little bit more sunlight access as well, but he is continuing to have the ringing in his ears, headaches [and] dental issues. It’s a terrible situation and his health is declining. And, as I’ve said before, he’s told me I wouldn’t recognize him. He’s not well, and it’s just very scary to have him in these circumstances.”
It’s been an uphill battle for Corbett’s wife, three children and other loved ones advocating for his immediate release. On Friday, Jan. 10, his wife and their oldest daughter, Ketsia traveled to Mar-a-Lago in hopes of getting a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss how to get their husband and father home safely upon Trump’s entrance to office. They did not have a meeting scheduled upon their arrival to the Sunshine State. Corbett was encouraged to hear of their travels when they spoke on the phone this weekend.
