Columbian rebels free captive soldier

A young soldier after being held captive for a year in the jungles of Colombia stepped off of a helicopter Sunday and embraced family members. The soldier was released by leftist rebels.
Pvt. Josue Daniel Calvo was suffering from an unknown ailment and couldn’t walk, but he descended from the aircraft on his own to give his Father and Sister a bearhug. Then he walked into the hanger without making any statements, he saluted the media by placing his hand over his heart.
Piedad Cordoba who lead the rescue mission said that Calvo was emotional and felt dizzy during the flight. Calvo is the first FARC captive to be released since early 2009, which was when guerillas handed over two politicians, three police officers, and a soldier who had spent more than six years with the rebels.
There is word that another soldier will be released early next week, Sgt. Palbo Emilo Moncayo age 32 who has been in captive for 12 years, whose father became famous by walking halfway across Columbia to press for his son’s release.
Brazalian rescue choppers which has the red cross emblazed on them will fly first thing on Monday to the city of Florencia to prepare for the next handover, which is expected to happen on Tuesday.
The media coverage for this release is important due to that most of us are not in Columbia, so we would not know that this happened if the media was not involved. Also, we would not know that there are still people their being held captive. If we were not informed by the media we would never know that another release is scheduled for Tuesday. The media plays an important role for everyone to stay informed about situations such as this story that I just discussed with everyone. If it weren’t for the media unless you knew the people involved one would not know that anyone was being held captive in Columbia.
I applaud the latest released father for walking across Columbia to try to get his son released, I would say it worked. It may have taken some time between the two events but at least his son is back home where he belongs. No more worrying for this family, which is always good news for a family whose loved one is being held captive—no more worries about safety of their loved one. They can finally hold their loved one again.