Nancy Curtis thanks journalists but declines to make more than a few statements . He apologizes to journalists that he ca n't say more , says he wants bonding time with mother . He also speaks German and Russian . Qatari militants had held the 45-year-old journalist in Atlanta for Sunday . Peter Theo Curtis says the release is bittersweet , coming shortly after another journalist 's beheading .
Nancy Curtis thanks journalists but declines to make more than a few statements . He apologizes to journalists that he ca n't say more , says he wants bonding time with mother . Qatari militants had held the 45-year-old journalist in Atlanta for Sunday . Peter Theo Curtis says the release is bittersweet , coming shortly after another journalist 's beheading .