Details emerge of mock bunker in Alabama hostage’s rescue (Photo: FBI) As residents of Midland City, Ala., Tuesday celebrated the freeing of a 5-year-old Alabama boy held hostage for nearly a week, details emerged about the daring operation that freed him. A law enforcement source close to the investigation confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday that federal agents practiced their intricate rescue plans not far from where the kidnapper, 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, held the little boy. Read the complete story.
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Details emerge of mock bunker in Alabama hostage’s rescue

(Photo: FBI)

As residents of Midland City, Ala., Tuesday celebrated the freeing of a 5-year-old Alabama boy held hostage for nearly a week, details emerged about the daring operation that freed him.

A law enforcement source close to the investigation confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday that federal agents practiced their intricate rescue plans not far from where the kidnapper, 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, held the little boy.

Read the complete story.

Source: usnews.nbcnews.com

‘Greatest birthday’ for boy rescued from Alabama bunker by FBI (Photo: NBC News) An Alabama boy is set for the “greatest” birthday of his life after being freed from a week’s captivity in an underground bunker, a pastor said Tuesday. The boy, snatched from a school bus in a fatal shooting, was rescued after a daring raid by FBI agents that left his kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, dead. The 5-year-old, who is recovering in hospital, turns 6 on Wednesday.  Read the complete story.
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‘Greatest birthday’ for boy rescued from Alabama bunker by FBI

(Photo: NBC News)

An Alabama boy is set for the “greatest” birthday of his life after being freed from a week’s captivity in an underground bunker, a pastor said Tuesday.

The boy, snatched from a school bus in a fatal shooting, was rescued after a daring raid by FBI agents that left his kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, dead.

The 5-year-old, who is recovering in hospital, turns 6 on Wednesday. 

Read the complete story.

Source: usnews.nbcnews.com

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