[Timeout]

This is spectacular! I've been praying so hard for him, but I didn't really hold out a lot of hope.

Now if only they can get the guys who did this. Oh, happy day!

[cyborg]

He escaped at that. Aren't most of these guys ex-SEALS?

[BigWaveBetty]

Yes, very spectacular! Wonderful news!

Welcome home Thomas Hamill!!

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) U.S. hostage Thomas Hamill was found by U.S. forces south of Tikrit Sunday after he apparently escaped from captors who had been holding him since an attack on a convoy April 9, the U.S. military said.

Hamill, 43, of Macon, Miss., was ''in good health,'' said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt.

Kimmitt said U.S. military units were patrolling a petroleum pipeline when Hamill, a truck driver for Halliburton Corp., approached and identified himself.

''Mr. Hamill apparently escaped from a building,'' Kimmitt said. ''He has spoken to his family. He is now ready to get back to work.''

Hamill was among seven employees of Halliburton subsidiary KBR, formerly known as Kellogg, Brown & Root, missing since an April 9 attack on their convoy west of Baghdad. The bodies of four of the employees have since been found.

Also kidnapped in the attack was a U.S. soldier, Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, whose fate remains unknown. He was seen alive days later in video footage aired on the Arab television station al-Jazeera.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/123/world/US_hostage_Tommy_Hamill_escape:.shtml

[proud American in Canada]

"This is spectacular! I've been praying so hard for him"

me too!

Thank you God! This is so great!

Talk about the best thread to see first thing in the morning.

[amom]

"...Hamill identified himself and then led the patrol to the house where he had been held captive. The unit surrounded the house and captured two Iraqis with an automatic weapon..."

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/news/050204_AP_r2_hamill_escapes.html

Oh happy day indeed.