She said she received a brief e-mail from Israel's foreign ministry on Monday informing her that her husband was fine and headed home. The e-mail said he would likely arrive Tuesday, didn't have a cell phone with him and would call from a New York airport when he landed, she said, adding that it didn't say which airport.
She seemed to take the situation, including numerous phone calls from news organizations, in stride."He gets himself into these messes, and the phone is going to ring," she joked.Ann Peck said that as of Monday evening she hadn't spoken with U.S. officials, nor was she able to talk to her husband, a former U.S. ambassador to Mauritania."Knowing him I doubt there are regrets," she said. "I think he was really hopeful of it making a difference."
Jean Meadors, wife of Joe Meadors, 63, of Corpus Christi, Texas, a Navy veteran also on board a seized ship, said Monday evening that she believed he was safe, "but I'd like to hear that from him."
She said his exact status, whether under arrest, detention or otherwise, was unclear.
Joe Meadors was serving aboard the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty that was attacked by Israeli forces in 1967, killing 34 crew members.
"He hasn't had much luck with the Israelis," Jean Meadows said.
Israeli commandos on Monday rappelled down to the aid flotilla, which was trying to thwart a Gaza blockade.
source by-chron.com
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