(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) He was so excited his mother Nancy Curtis told ABC News in an interview taped on Monday.An American writer released this week from two years in the captivity of militants in Syria is doing well and is excited to be free his mother said on Tuesday.“He was so excited” his mother Nancy Curtis told ABC News in an interview taped on Monday. The two spoke briefly after his release she said adding that Curtis was staying in a hotel before heading home.
Curtis arrived in the United States late on Tuesday US media reported. He landed in Newark on a flight from Tel Aviv and then flew on to Boston where he was greeted by his mother the New York Times reported citing a family statement.
After hearing from her son Curtis said she immediately wrote to Foley’s mother Diane.
“We’ve been through so much together and I didn’t want her to hear it from the media first” Curtis said of her son’s release speaking from Cambridge Massachusetts on ABC’s “Good Morning America” program.
About a month ago Curtis said the FBI had received a frightening video of her son pleading for his life and saying he had just three days left to live. She has not watched the video she added.
Curtis’ father Michael Padnos said the search for his son was like “hunting for bats in a dark black cave” because he could not communicate with him according to CBS News.
“It felt as if there was a huge weight lifted from my shoulders” he said of his son’s release speaking from France in an interview that aired on “CBS This Morning.” For more news from Khaleej Times follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes and on Twitter at khaleejtimes Follow khaleejtimes ->
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