Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Thomas Howes

In this U.S. Air Foce photo, Keith Stansell stands at the top of the cargo ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III shortly before stepping onto U.S. soil at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, USA at 02 July 2008. Three American captives, Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Thomas Howes, were US defence department contract workers who fell into Colombian rebel hands in 2003 after their light aircraft crashed in the jungle. They along with French-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian army 01 July. EPA/LANCE CHEUN / US AIR FORCE / HANDOUT

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