I'm so happy. Today is a memorable day for Colombia and the rest of the world. An outstanding woman, among about fifteen other people, got her life back today.

Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped by the Colombian FARC guerrilla over six years ago. Recent photos, a letter and a video gave no hope of her survival. I have no doubt this was an incredibly tough experience to survive...I imagine even she wondered, for the over two thousand days she was kept captive in the middle of the Colombian jungle, if she was going make it.

I can't even imagine how horrible it must be to have your life taken away from you in such a cruel and radical way. If you're killed you no longer care, for you are dead. But to be kidnapped...and for so long...it must be the most frustrating experience. Especially for such a person: a prepared woman full hope, strength and the will to make things change in her troubled country. God, it frustrates me to even think about it.

I'm so happy for her and the others (and their families and friends) and I hope that they will recover from this as much they possibly can. I hope Ingrid Betancourt does, and if she does, I know she can make great things happen. I'm hoping for it with all my heart.