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AMERICAN WINS FREEDOM DASH
New York Post ^ | 5/03/04 | ANDY GELLER

Posted on 05/03/2004 1:29:29 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:21:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

May 3, 2004 -- His first escape attempt failed - but courageous Thomas Hamill refused to give up.

Hearing a U.S. patrol approaching early yesterday, Hamill pried open a door of the Tikrit home where he had been held for three weeks - and ran for his life.


(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: escape; thomashamill

1 posted on 05/03/2004 1:29:29 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Good news.Thank God he is free.May there be more good news like this.
2 posted on 05/03/2004 1:33:17 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: kattracks
big BUMP
3 posted on 05/03/2004 1:36:16 AM PDT by GeronL ("We are beyond right and wrong" the scariest words from the radical left.)
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To: MEG33
Ditto!!!
4 posted on 05/03/2004 1:42:04 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: DB
Can we send the guys that held him and killed his friends to that prison where we "torture" terrorists before they close it?

Oh well, couldn't hurt to ask.
5 posted on 05/03/2004 1:54:44 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: kattracks
Though I'm not devoutly religious, the words "God helps those that help themselves" come to mind.

Well done Tommy.

6 posted on 05/03/2004 3:56:05 AM PDT by G.Mason (A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride…Max Lerner)
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