Hooray!

I didn't believe it would end this way, but local reporter Jill Carroll was freed by her captors in Iraq. It seemed inevitable as the months passed by that she'd not make it out. When I was in Italy, Alicia and I walked by a building with her picture on it, and we feared she'd been killed. I was surprised when we got back and she was still okay. Even if you're treated well, you're still being held captive, and I can't image what she's been through. I'm glad she's okay, and I hope that Dateline held off on calling her until she got to see her parents again.