Captured Northrop staffers freed

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After more than five years in captivity, three Northrop Grumman Corp. employees were rescued by the Colombian military and returned home safely to the United States.

After more than five years in captivity, three Northrop Grumman Corp. employees were rescued by theColombian military and returned home safely to the United States.(From left) Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes were among the 15 people capturedand held hostage by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia after their drug-surveillanceplane went down in the jungles of southern Colombia in February 2003.






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