Back on U.S. soil, three American hostages rescued from Colombia rebels are now in the process of reintegrating into a society they've been absent from for more than five years.
They took the first steps Wednesday and Thursday as they underwent medical evaluations and began reuniting with family members.
"The one thing I can say about these individuals is that they're very resilient," said Col. Carl Dickens, a Joint Personnel Recovery Agency psychologist. "They're very stress-hardy and they're doing very well."
The three U.S. military contractors Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell had been held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia since their drug-surveillance plane went down in the jungle in February 2003.
They...