Standoff ends peacefully (prison-hostage situation in Arizona)

[MoonAndSun]

<http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0201release-online.html>
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snip>>> "The Arizona Republic
Feb. 1, 2004 07:25 PM

BUCKEYE - The female state Corrections officer who was held hostage for 15 days was released Sunday night when the two inmates who had taken her captive surrendered peacefully.

The two inmates have been identified as Ricky Kurt Wassenaar and Steven John Coy.

The hostage has not been identified.

"She will be reunited with her family," said Cam Hunter, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Corrections."





There was grumbling from a lot of repubs that our Dem Governor Janet Napolitano was not doing enough in this situation, but it all worked out in the end, and Janet was calm and cool and did not let the situation get out of hand. Janet kicks repub butt!!

[Bluzmann57]

1. Certainly good news for the hostage

Hope everything works out for her.

[madrchsod]

2. i wondered why

they didn`t blow the shit out of the tower now i know. it wasn`t a macho rethug governor...