Jill Carroll freed!

Whatever your microcosm holds for you today, take heart: this is a great day. This remarkable woman can continue her life on her terms.

Jill Carroll, shortly after her release, by Scott Peterson/Getty Images

photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman - CSM Staff
CSM exclusive slideshow of Jill's homecoming and reunion.

Jill Carroll released

AP reporter Mariam Fam - American reporter Jill Carroll, 28, was set free Thursday, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in a bloody ambush that killed her translator...