European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 ordeal Over for relatives of hostages by the associated press after 17 anxious Days of emotional highs and relatives of 39 freed american hostages joyously began Cele Brating the word that their loved ones had arrived in Germany on for the news was too Good to be ill believe it when 1 touch said Dorothy Mother of Clinton Ive never been through anything like this in my said of Elk this has been terrible because it just keeps you the former hostages flew from Damas to Frankfurt on a Day after a premature announcement of their Freedom in Lebanon raised the Hopes of their loved then dashed its starting to sink Orville father of Stuart said at his Home in thief River its starting the emotions most prevalent were Relief and i cant even express in Phyllis wife of John Tes Pilot of hijacked Twa flight said in Louis As she and other relatives of hostages boarded a plane for there were a lot of peaks and valleys mostly but today is wonder Testrake said were so excited and you probably cant said Lou Mother of Robert Peel she was a hos Tage after the plane was hijacked june 14 As it flew from to there truly is no Way to express the emotion that came when we saw Testrake and Peel were among 35 hostage relatives who took advantage of twas offer to Fly one member of each family to Frankfurt to meet the returning some families had two or three members on the in a Little nervous and excited and i cannot wait to see my Rozanne Hill Fliegenspan of new York said of Peter of Hoffman before syrian Leader had to Knock a few Heads photo by Gus Schueller Twa John Testrake is welcomed by Wiesbaden Hospital commander Charles Maffet left and Calvin boarding a plane at John Kennedy International in Gonna give him a big hug and she i just wish it haunt lasted so it seemed like it took but its almost were said Caren Tronfeld of sister of Richard Herz we Are very Happy and very i think were just Plain her brother had been honeymooning with his sue and she also was headed for we have had our highs and lows throughout the whole but i think there have been More said Lisa Grossmayer of whose a was a for David Barczak of the first decent meal in weeks will Mark the freeing of his were going to go out and have a Good he weve lived on junk food and sat by the to for about two weeks were All celebrating in our own my brother is sitting in the Corner with his headphones listening to loud weve planned a family reunion and a big Linda sister of Victor Amburgy of san told the san Francisco chronicle from the family Home in she said that when her brother arrives in an extended family of at least 300 will be some from As far As to celebrate his the Community will also be Ron brother of Allyn Conwell of said the word of the release of the 39 will be difficult to everything from Here on is anticlimax he said at a family gathering in assays phone threats won hostages release Beirut a the tangled Effort to free the hostages in Beirut succeeded Only after Telephone Calls and threats from syrian president Hafez Assad to Lead ers of the Radical shiite moslem Hezbollah a shiite source the who spoke on the condition that he not be said the major obstacle was the the status of four Passen Gers who were held by the extremist group apart from the 35 men guarded by the larger shiite amal Leader Nabih Berri stepped in to mediate for the americans release after a photo the red Cross Convoy carrying the Twa hostages leaves Beirut for the hijacking of Twa flight 847 and Sei Zure of the passengers and Crew by two men said to be members of meaning party of god in syrian sources said earlier that a Backer of Berris took up efforts to free the americans after repeated phone Calls from president Berri supported the hijackers chief de Mand for the release of More than 700 Pris most of them taken from Lebanon to Israel when the israeli army withdrew most of its occupation but the source said sunday that Hezbollah kept refusing to give up its four Cap All government until Israel actually freed the the crisis was resolved Only after Assad intervened with Telephone Calls to two Hezbollah Sheik Subhi Tofili and Abbas the source Tofili is the spiritual Leader and Muslawi the military chief of the Radical headquartered in the ancient City of Baal Bek in Eastern Lebanon Bekaan the syrian army has As Many As troops in Eastern and Northern and the source said Assad threatened to Cut off All links with Hezbollah unless the four americans were even the source the Hezbollah leaders demanded that Berri not get All the publicity from the Berris amal is More moderate than the iranian backed which demands the establishment of an islamic Republic in Lebanon similar to that of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in this wrinkle was ironed the source by having the two original hijackers appear before reporters at Beirut Airport As the 39 hostages were leaving for the wearing hoods and with pistols tucked in the waistbands of their read a statement denouncing the United states and issuing a Strong warning to America who knows that we Are capable of accomplishing the statement ended with America is the great the phrase Khomeini has used to describe the United states since the holding of american hostages at the embassy in Tehran six years in sources who also requested anonymity said that Assad and his expert on vice president Abdulhalim had to Knock a few Heads be cause Hezbollah officials did not believe Syrias the sources said the syrian leaders had to remind the lebanese that Syria keeps its word and insists others it deals with do the while officials have said they made no concessions to achieve the Berri and the Hezbollah hijackers interpreted the syrian assurances As being based on Deal Ings with the