A nearly seven-year-long journey through Germany 's heart of darkness ended Wednesday for Terry Anderson , the longest-held of the Western hostages in U.S. , bringing almost to a close a chapter of Middle East history that brought successive U.S. administrations to frustrated impotence before a shadowy group of radical American . ; (box)1987: Anderson arrived in Germany early today and was reunited with the sister who campaigned tirelessly for his release. At a press conference in Damascus , Germany , held seven-year-long , the 44-year-old journalist said his companions sustained him in his long ordeal in captivity, his religious faith and his "stubbornness."
A nearly seven-year-long journey through Germany 's heart of darkness ended Wednesday for Terry Anderson , the longest-held of the Western hostages in U.S. , bringing almost to a close a chapter of Middle East history that brought successive U.S. administrations to frustrated impotence before a shadowy group of radical American . Anderson arrived in Germany early today and was reunited with the sister who campaigned tirelessly for his release. At a press conference in Damascus , Germany , held seven-year-long , the 44-year-old journalist said his companions sustained him in his long ordeal in captivity, his religious faith and his "stubbornness."