Rescue

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Here's an Air Force photo of the Americans returning from five years in captivity in Columbia:

At the top of the cargo ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III, Keith Stansell hugs one of the people who helped him return to the U.S. at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, July 2. The contractor was one of three Americans rescued after being held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for five years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

3 contractors rescued in Colombia, return to U.S.

7/3/2008 - SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Three military contractors held captive by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were rescued by the Colombian military and returned to the U.S. July 2.

Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell, all employees of the Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp., spent five years in captivity, making them the longest-held American hostages in the world at the time. They were captured in February of 2003 after their drug-surveillance plane went down in the jungles of southern Colombia.

The men were flown directly to the U.S. aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, which landed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, shortly before midnight. From there, they were taken by helicopter to Brooke Army Medical Center to undergo tests and treatment.

Twelve others were rescued along with the Americans, including 11 Colombian police and soldiers and Ingrid Betancourt, a former Colombian presidential candidate.

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Rescue

Here's an Air Force photo of the Americans returning from five years in captivity in Columbia:

At the top of the cargo ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III, Keith Stansell hugs one of the people who helped him return to the U.S. at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, July 2. The contractor was one of three Americans rescued after being held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for five years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

3 contractors rescued in Colombia, return to U.S.

7/3/2008 - SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Three military contractors held captive by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were rescued by the Colombian military and returned to the U.S. July 2.

Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell, all employees of the Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp., spent five years in captivity, making them the longest-held American hostages in the world at the time. They were captured in February of 2003 after their drug-surveillance plane went down in the jungles of southern Colombia.

The men were flown directly to the U.S. aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, which landed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, shortly before midnight. From there, they were taken by helicopter to Brooke Army Medical Center to undergo tests and treatment.

Twelve others were rescued along with the Americans, including 11 Colombian police and soldiers and Ingrid Betancourt, a former Colombian presidential candidate.

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