April 2009 raid off Somalia

Top of the Hour: Aid Workers Rescued in Somalia, Morning Headlines

Overseas now to Somalia where two aid workers are free this morning after a raid by the U.S. military. Personnel came in on helicopters in the dark of night in the Horn of Africa. The raid freed 32-year-old American Jessica Buchanan and a 60-year-old Danish worker who were taken hostage by Somali pirates in October.  

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