Тимоти Моралесу 56 лет. Он вырос в английском Банбери и много лет жил в США в Оклахома-Сити, где преподавал английскую литературу. Перед российским вторжением в феврале Моралес открыл в Херсоне школу английского языка.
О том, как он оказался в оккупированном городе и как скрывался от российских военных, преподаватель рассказал журналистам The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/worl ... raine.htmlThere was a close call. In September, he stepped into the courtyard and saw Russian soldiers pointing rifles through the wire mesh of a gate. He dashed back inside, locking the door behind him.
Soon, a search party arrived. A neighbor yelled through the door that he had no choice but to open up. He did, and came face to face with an officer from the Federal Security Service, also known by its Russian initials, F.S.B.
Mr. Morales, who speaks Russian but not well enough to pass as a local, told the officer that he was an Irishman named Timothy Joseph, taught English in the city and had lost his passport. The secret police left. The neighbor, an older woman, helped with the ruse, telling the secret police they had no reason to suspect him.
“That sort of changed my perspective,” Mr. Morales said. “Before, I was careful. Then I became paranoid.” The questioning by the F.S.B., he said, was “the highlight, or the lowlight,” of his ordeal. He said he escaped only because “they weren’t the cleverest people in the world.”
