当亚历克斯·德鲁克被抓时后来被释放他告诉美国广播公司新闻，他确信自己会死。
在地球上最危险的地方之一被囚禁了两个月后，有些人可能会原谅他再也不想见到它了。
但是现在他回来了在乌克兰为战争出力。在接受美国广播公司独家采访时，他解释了为什么他决定离开阿拉巴马州，再次前往东部。
“我感觉非常好，”他在社区中心说，他在那里帮助人道主义救援。“你知道的。乌克兰就像是我的第二个家，所以再次回家的感觉真好。”
德鲁科说他不是回来战斗的。他说，他不想离俄罗斯防线太近。“我是一个被标记的人，我想我得到了第二次生命的机会，”他说。“所以，是的，如果我又被抓了。我会消失的。”
他补充说，“第一次来的时候，我觉得我可以为乌克兰人民和他们的军队做出很多贡献。现在我觉得我拥有了更多。现在，我可以谈谈被俘后的行为，以及如果他们碰巧被俘虏了，他们怎样才能活下来。所以我觉得我有很多可以给他们。”
作为伊拉克战争的退伍军人，德鲁克去年夏天加入了外籍军团的一支部队，但与另一名美国退伍军人安迪·胡恩(Andy Huynh)一起被俄罗斯士兵抓获。他们被囚禁了105天，直到在沙特阿拉伯和土耳其的帮助下通过囚犯交换被释放。
“那相当艰难，”他回忆道。“我的意思是，他们折磨我们的方式，我以为只有在电影里才会发生，但不，这是真的。”
被俄罗斯军队抓获并于去年获救的安迪·德鲁克(Andy Drueke)已经回到乌克兰，为战争出力。
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“它深深地影响了我，”他说。“说起来似乎很有趣，但在很多方面，我很幸运，因为我已经有了伊拉克的PTSD。我带着工具箱中的一些工具，以及创伤可能是什么样的以及如何应对创伤的一些知识，来到了这种情况下。”
他补充说，“我进入这种情况时有一点准备，但被单独监禁一个月，在俄罗斯监狱的死囚牢房呆两个月、两个半月，会给你很多时间去思考。很多时间用来自省。我对自己了解了很多。我意识到我有了重生的机会。有无数次我离死亡不到一秒钟。所以我试着做一些积极的事情，这也是我回到乌克兰的原因之一。我想用我的一生做好事。”
当被问及家人对他返回乌克兰的决定有何看法时，他说，“我的许多朋友和家人都非常担心我会回来。但这是我第一次被迫来到这里。”
他补充道，“这次我不得不回来，因为我想结束这场战争。”
American fighter who was captured by Russia last year is back in Ukraine
When Alex Drueke was capturedand later releasedby Russian forces in Ukraine last year, he told ABC News he was convinced he was going to die.
After surviving two months of captivity in one of the most dangerous places on earth, some might forgive him for never wanting to see it again.
But now he's backin Ukraineto help with the war effort. Speaking exclusively to ABC News, he explained why he decided to leave Alabama, and head east again.
"I feel pretty good," he says at the community center where he's helping with humanitarian relief. "You know. Ukraine is like a second home to me, so it's nice to be home again."
Drueke says he's not back to fight. He doesn't want to get too close to Russian lines, he says. "I'm a marked man and I think I got my one second chance at life," he says. "So, yeah, if I get captured again. I'll disappear."
He added, "The first time I came, I felt like I had a lot to contribute to the Ukrainian people, to their military. And now I feel like I have even more. Now, I can talk about conduct after capture and how they can stay alive if they happen to get captured. So I feel like I have a lot to give them."
A veteran of the Iraq war, Drueke joined a unit in the foreign legion last summer, but was captured by Russian soldiers along with another U.S. military veteran, Andy Huynh. They spent 105 days in captivity until they were released in a prisoner swap with the help of Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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"It was pretty rough," he recalls. "I mean, they tortured us in ways that I thought only happened in movies, but no, it was for real."
"It has deeply affected me," he says. "It seems funny to say it, but in a lot of ways, I was lucky that I already had PTSD from Iraq. I came into this situation with some tools in my toolbox and some knowledge of what trauma can be like and how you can deal with it."
He added, "I came into the situation a little bit more prepared, but being in solitary confinement for a month and being on death row in a Russian prison for two, two and a half months gives you a lot of time to think. A lot of time to be introspective. I learned a lot about myself. And I realized that I legitimately have a second chance on life. There were countless times that I was less than a second away from death. And so I'm trying to do positive things which is one of the reasons I'm back here in Ukraine. I want to do good things with my life."
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When asked what his family thinks about his decision to return to Ukraine, he says, "A lot of my friends and family were very concerned and very worried that I was coming back. But it's something I was compelled to come here the first time."
He added, "I'm compelled to come back this time because I want this war to end."
