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Jul 03, 2008

From a U.S. hostage in the Colombian jungle, a marriage proposal (The Christian Science Monitor)

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force Keith Stansell, left, Thomas Howes and Marc Gonsalves, right, stand 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 July 2, 2008. The three U. S. citizens employed by Northrup Grumman Corp., and held hostage for more than five years by a F.A.R.C. guerilla group in Columbia, set foot on American soil, for the first time since they were set free by a Columbian military rescue operation earlier in the day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)The Christian Science Monitor - Patricia Medina was nearly five months pregnant when her boyfriend, former US Marine Keith Stansell, left on a reconnaissance flight over a Colombian coca-growing region.