Taylor Luck is a journalist from the Chicago area who was reported missing in the Middle East in October 2008. Luck and fellow journalist Holli Chmela were vacationing in Lebanon, and had left Beirut for the port town of Tripoli, when they were reported missing. On October 9, 2008, reports said both Luck and Chmela had been arrested in Syria for illegal entry into the country.FOX News: U.S. Journalists Detained in Syria Will Not Face Charges Associated Press: US: 2 American journalists missing in Lebanon (October 8, 2008)