Monday, May 12, 2008

Brenda Martin overjoyed to be home

EDMONTON - The anger and bitterness that consumed Brenda Martin during more than two years in a Mexican prison disappeared the moment she landed on Canadian soil today.

"She said that was the most exciting feeling in the world to land on Canadian soil," said Deb Tieleman, Martin's childhood friend and leader of the public campaign to free Martin. "The minute that plane landed in Canada the bitterness just evaporated.

"She is overwhelmed with gratitude to everyone who has helped her and it is seriously genuine," said Tieleman after speaking with Martin by telephone from the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener-Waterloo. "Her attitude, her whole demeanour has changed."

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