US: American's weak health led to Somali rescue

By NBC News and news services

WASHINGTON -- As two aid workers freed by a Navy SEAL team flew out of Somalia to be reunited with family, details emerged about the rescue operation that the Pentagon says left nine captors dead.

Vice President Joe Biden told NBC's "TODAY" show that the U.S. decided to stage the rescue because of concerns that the health of American Jessica Buchanan "was beginning to decline."

"We wanted to act," Biden said.

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Buchanan,?32,?and Dane Poul Thisted, 60,?were kidnapped on Oct. 25, and then held for ransom. They both work for the nonprofit Danish Demining Group and had just finished training Somalis on how to clear mines when they were captured.

Source: http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/25/10235052-us-americans-weak-health-led-to-somali-rescue

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