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demanded to know how the kidnappings could happen in the first place. Officials at the companies employing the hostages declined to comment. After Sander's murder, negotiators for the American companies upped their offer and the rebels lowered theirs. On Feb. 14, they reached an agreement: $13 million for the remaining seven hostages. Bags of $100 bills were dropped from a helicopter. Freedom and Doubt Finally, on March 1, the men were pointed down a trail and told to walk to their freedom. "It was like, 'Wow, we got rid of these guys, but I hope nobody else gets us,'" Weber remembers. The seven former hostages, bearded and thin, made it to the tiny town of Santa Rosa, where they were met by TV crews and Ecuadorean Army.
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