LONDON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Londoner Matthew Scott, who fled his kidnappers by leaping from a cliff into a river and spent 12 days in the jungle, was reunited with his family Friday.
Looking tired but grinning, Scott hugged his parents and siblings at Heathrow airport.
During a news conference the university student said his thoughts were with the remaining seven hostages, including fellow Briton Mark Henderson.
According to the BBC, Scott said: "I trekked alone without food for 12 days through the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta to escape my captors and was picked up by the indigenous people of the area.
"I would like to thank [them] and the Colombian Army who were very efficient.
"I am very concerned for Mark Henderson and the other hostages. They are not just names and faces to me - I traveled with these people, they are my companions, they are my friends."
Added his father: "It's a miracle, several miracles."
