The family photos document a life surrounded by a loving family and a love for adventure. As Debra Tice will tell you, her son, Austin, had a typical upbringing. Asked if she knew her son would eventually become a reporter, Tice said,"He always dreamed of it."
The former U.S. Marine and freelance journalist, then 31 years old, disappeared in August of 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war for news outlets such as the Washington Post, CBS News and McClatchy newspapers. "When I think about that — think about that being how long you were in school before you graduated from high school," she said.
"I'm always trying to get messages into the White House, of course, and up on Capitol Hill, and also meeting with people that I know in the city that can help," Tice said.Debra Tice met with President Joe Biden in 2022, and he has said the U.S. knows"with certainty" that Austin Tice is alive.Unlike the"wrongful detention" cases of basketball player Brittney Griner and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, U.S.