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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kidnapped-woman-considered-suicide.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Rachel Chandler, pictured with husband Paul, said she contemplated suicide while being held by Somali pirates" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-kidnapped-woman-considered-suicide.jpg" alt="Rachel Chandler, pictured with husband Paul, said she contemplated suicide while being held by Somali pirates"/></a></p>
<p>Hostage Rachel Chandler contemplated suicide as she and her husband were held captive by Somali pirates, the now-freed woman has said.</p>
<p>In an interview with the Daily Mail, the 56-year-old woman from Kent said she was tormented by her guards, who would claim her husband Paul had been killed or had left her.</p>
<p>At her lowest, she thought of ending her own life, but knew she had to stay strong for her family.</p>
<p>The couple were freed earlier this month after more than a year in captivity during which they were beaten by their captors.</p>
<p>They were snatched during a round-the-world sailing trip, when their 38-foot yacht, the Lynn Rival, was stormed by armed men. A ransom, reportedly paid by a mixture of private investors and the Somali government, secured their release and ended the 388-day ordeal.</p>
<p>Now back in the UK, the couple have spoken of their captivity.</p>
<p>At first they were kept together, but they were later separated by their captors. Guards would mockingly say to Mrs Chandler: &#8220;Where&#8217;s Paul? Paul no here. Paul gone.&#8221;</p>
<p>This loneliness compounded her misery, she told the Daily Mail.</p>
<p>Mrs Chandler said: &#8220;I did think: &#8216;The only option I have is suicide&#8217;. &#8220;I thought about dying and about not fearing death because that gave me the strength to face it. I went down there, but then I pulled myself back up.&#8221;</p>
<p>She added: &#8220;When I thought of Paul and my family, I knew I could never kill myself. I could never do that to them. I had to stay strong. But I knew it would be easy to slit my wrists. I had a razor blade.&#8221;</p>
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