A British hostage threatened by Islamic State militants in the David Haines beheading video is a "passionate" former taxi driver who "took that extra risk" to deliver aid.
Alan Henning has been named as the man shown in the footage of Haines' murder, with a threat that he would be the next to be executed.
He is a 47-year-old former cab driver from Manchester.
Henning has helped on at least two convoys into Syria, where humanitarian volunteers drive supplies across the Turkish border into the war-torn country.
He helped load supplies into ambulances that were to be driven to Syria to help refugees.
His friend Mohamed Elhaddad said Henning was determined to help others.
Elhaddad, British convoy leader, described him as a passionate humanitarian volunteer, but said he insisted on going a long way into Syria to deliver aid.
"I remember going on two convoys with him, at the end of 2012 and in May 2013, and he was always very positive and very interested in the work.
"But Alan went too far into Syria. He took that extra risk, because he could have accomplished the drop-off at the border.
"I disagree completely with what is happening to him. Alan is my friend, this is extremely sad for him and his family. It is a very sad situation."
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