Matthew VanDyke, an American journalist missing in Libya for the last six months, has been freed from Tripolis notorious Abu Salim prison, according to his mother, the Washington Post reports.
"He sounds good," said Sherry VanDyke, a retired Baltimore school principal, who had spent months lobbying lawmakers and human rights organisations to find information about her only child. "He sounds just like himself," she said.
On Wednesday, several Libyans arrived at his cell and released him, his mother said. "At first he thought they were coming to kill him," she added.
The prison had been liberated by rebel fighters, and he was led to a compound that he told his mother was safe.