John VanDyke had been in solitary confinement since March . `` He had a great respect for the people and the country , not the politics , '' his mother said . He was held in the Libyan town of Tripoli . He was freed Wednesday along with hundreds of others from a prison in Tripoli . The Baltimore Sun is a freelance journalist and writer .
John VanDyke had been in solitary confinement since March . He was held in the Libyan town of Tripoli . He was freed Wednesday along with hundreds of others from a prison in Tripoli . The Baltimore Sun is a freelance journalist and writer .