Emotional homecoming for journalists

BURBANK - In an emotional reunion at dawn Wednesday in a private airplane hangar at Bob Hope Airport, California journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee completed a whirlwind journey from North Korea's clutches to their families' embrace. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

"We stand here home and free," Ling declared in a quaking voice.

First Lee and then Ling, both casually dressed and looking healthy - if a bit thin - after nearly five months in detention, emerged from the front door of a private jet in the ultramodern Hangar 25 and grinned and waved as they walked down steps decorated with a "Welcome Home" sign.