- David Haines, security expert from Scotland, is father of girls aged 17 and 4
- Eldest daughter spoke of 'really tough year' while he has been in captivity
- Revealed family have been ordered not to talk about his kidnapping
- Croatian wife posted image of him and baby with words: 'This is my world'
- Hostage snatched by ISIS last March as he worked at Syrian refugee camp
- The 44-year-old was threatened after execution of journalist Steven Sotloff
- David Cameron today vowed to 'squeeze ISIS out of existence'
- The PM said he was not ruling out using the RAF to bomb the terrorists
- Military chiefs have briefed ministers on options for rescue operation
- Former colleagues said Mr Haines was described as 'The Crazy Scotsman'
- He worked extensively with Muslim communities during the Balkans war
Mr Haines, a 44-year-old father of two, was threatened with execution at the end of the ISIS video released this week in which American journalist Steven Sotloff was beheaded.
The British aid worker was snatched from a Syrian refugee camp in March last year, and his 17-year-old daughter has spoken of him being her ‘hero’ and wanting him ‘home for good’.
It came as David Cameron said he will try ‘every option’ to rescue Mr Haines and revealed that the Government had attempted to negotiate with his captors.
The girl – who lives in Perth, Scotland, and is his daughter from his first marriage - described her agony in a series of online posts over the past year.
In an online question-and-answer forum, she was asked what she wanted most in her life. The schoolgirl, who is not being named by MailOnline, replied: ‘To have my dad home for good.’
In March, Mr Haines’s daughter uploaded a picture of a Fathers’ Day card she had written him, stating: ‘Hey Daddy, just because you’re not here doesn’t mean you should miss out.’
Alongside the card was a picture of them together when she was a little girl.
She also uploaded a photograph of him cradling his younger daughter from his second marriage to Croatian Dragana Prodanovic in 2010. The child is now four.
Mr Haines’s elder daughter described her father as her ‘biggest influence’ and her ‘idol’, adding: ‘It’s been a really tough year without my dad. I think heroes exist, but they don’t all show off in a stupid cape.
‘This sounds really cheesy, but I think my dad’s a hero.’
Speaking this week, the girl, who lives with her 43-year-old mother, said she had been told not to talk about her father’s abduction.
She told The Times: ‘We’ve been told we are not allowed to speak to anyone about my dad. It’s been like that for ages.’
Christopher Porritt, who went to school with Mr Haines in Perth, said they have had no direct contact with the aid worker since he was kidnapped.
He said: 'We all know where Britain and America stand when it comes to not paying for terrorism, so you can't really blame David Cameron for the situation.'
He told The Times: 'We have been instructed by the Foreign Office not to say anything this whole time. Even though his name and details of his situation are now out on Facebook and across the internet, we still can't talk about family are just trying to get through it. The world just heard about it yesterday but they have been living with this for more than a year.'
Mr Haines’s Croatian wife has also posted heart-breaking pictures online – many of their wedding day – and a series of photographs of his toddler wearing T-shirts bearing the words ‘I love my dad’ and ‘Daddy’s girl’.
She has also posted a song called Far Away, with a note reading: ‘For my hubby... far away... miss you darling.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2742558/British-aid-worker-David-Haines-husband-father-ISIS-hostage.html
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