on charges that they had thrown homemade bomb into a crowd gathered in tahrir square. the boys were given physical exams, then taken to a police station to get their exit visas. joy sweeney was ecstatic when i talked to her just a few minutes ago. listen. >> i am absolutely ecstatic, we are so grateful he is going to be released. we still haven't gotten confirmation from him that he is out of there and everything's done, but we have official confirmation from the consulate general, roberto powers, that he is released. [laughter] so i just can't tell you how jubilant we are. >> reporter: sweeney said she expects to see her son home soon, probably tomorrow. jon? jon: what about the other families? any word from them? >> reporter: yeah. i also talked with the father of 21-year-old luke gates, bill was very emotional as he described his family's reaction. >> we're just ecstatic, we're