Friday, July 4, 2008

Video Shows Hostages Rejoicing At Moment Of Rescue

In this frame grab from a video released by Colombia's Army taken on July 2, 2008 and released on July 4, 2008, hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, reacts while being rescued from captivity by a Colombian military mission in an unknown location in Colombia's Guaviare state

From Yahoo News:

BOGOTA, Colombia - Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free.

In the videotape presented Friday at Colombia's military headquarters, the hostages' hands are bound with plastic for what they believe is a flight to another rebel camp. Among those filmed is a very angry-looking Ingrid Betancourt.

American Keith Stansell nears the camera.

"I love my family," Stansell, one of three Americans freed in the operation, tells the cameraman in a big jungle clearing. "Pray a lot."

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