curtis was held prisoner by al-nusra front, a syrian group with ties to al qaeda. curtis speaking today, says he ll tell the rest of his story later, once he spends time with his family, once he s bonded properly with his mother and family and recovered from this horrendous ordeal. first of all, i want to thank you all for coming out here this beautiful wednesday morning. in the days following my release on sunday, i have learned bit by bit that there have been literally hundreds of people, brave determined and big-hearted people all over the world working for my release. they have been working for two years on this. i had no idea when i was in prison i had no idea that so much effort was being expended on my behalf. and now having found out, i am just overwhelmed with emotion. i m also overwhelmed with one other thing, and that is total strangers coming up to me saying we re glad you re home, welcome home, glad you re back, glad you re safe. great to see you. so i sudden
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