Kidnapped contractor escapes:

Hamill, a truck driver working for a subsidiary of the contractor Halliburton, had a gunshot wound to his left arm that appeared to be infected, and was flown by helicopter to Bagdad, O'Brien said. Video images of Hamill released by his captors a day after his abduction showed his left arm in a sling, suggesting he was wounded during the attack on his convoy.

Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt told reporters Hamill was in good health.

"He has spoken to his family. He is now ready to get back to work," Kimmitt said.

In Macon, Hamill's wife, Kellie, said she received a call about 5:50 a.m. telling her that her husband had been found alive. She said it was "the best wakeup call I've ever had."

Kellie said her children were ecstatic.

Of course, being a worker for the evil Halliburton makes him not a man making a living to support is family, but a mercenary.