Paul Rusesabagina is the former general manager of the Mille Collines Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. In 1984, Rusesabagina became assistant general manager of the Belgian-owned Mille Collines. In November 1992, he was promoted to general manager of the nearby Diplomat Hotel. After the genocide he sought asylum in Belgium and found work driving a taxicab; he now owns a trucking company in Zambia. Tom Zoellner, 36, is an award-winning newspaper and magazine journalist. He has been a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Arizona Republic and the Savannah Morning News. He lives in New York.