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Title: Americans freed from Iran prison begin trek home Post by: Coach Hank Crisp on September 21, 2011, 03:59:59 PM http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/21/501364/main20109420.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel
Quote MUSCAT, Oman - After more than two years in Iranian custody, two Americans convicted as spies took their first steps toward home Wednesday as they bounded down the steps of a private jet and into the arms of family for a joyful reunion in the Gulf State of Oman. The families waited on the tarmac at a royal airfield near the main international airport in Oman's capital, Muscat. Also returning to Oman was Sarah Shourd, who was arrested with Bauer and Fattal but freed a year ago. She received a marriage proposal from Bauer while in prison. "Today can only be described as the best day of our lives. We have waited for nearly 26 months for this moment and the joy and relief we feel at Shane and Josh's long-awaited freedom knows no bounds. We now all want nothing more than to wrap Shane and Josh in our arms, catch up on two lost years and make a new beginning, for them and for all of us," the hikers' families said earlier in a statement. |