Page 16 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1980
Families say letters not enough
United Press International
Some families of the 50 Americans
held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in
Iran say they are grateful for mes
sages delivered by the Red Cross,
but “no amount of mail or messages”
can erase the anger that their loved
ones are captives.
Representatives of the Interna
tional Red Cross visited the hostages
Monday and began contacting the
hostages’ families Tuesday. The
State Department said evidence col
lected by the Red Cross convinced
them all 50 hostages in Tehran are
alive.
Tuesday with a “personal message”
from her husband.
Although he sounded “fine” and
still sounded like “the man I love, no
amount of mail or messages can take
away the fact that he and the others
are still prisoners,” she said.
Timms said they have not heard from
Hermening since a letter in January,
in which, they said, he sounded trou
bled and brainwashed.
But some of the hostages’ families
said they were just happy to receive
any word at all.
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The news, however, was not
enough for some.
“I just hope that the people don’t
think, ‘This is really great. They’re
not so bad off after all.’ Nothing
changes the fact they’re still impris
oned,” said Pat Lee of Falls Church,
Va., wife of hostage Gary Lee, 36.
She said the Red Cross called her
The mother and stepfather of
Marine Sgt. Kevin Hermening, Bar
bara and Kenneth Timm, said they
were “frustrated by the ineffective
ness” of Washington’s efforts to free
the hostages.
The Timms arrived in Paris Tues
day in an effort to win visas to Iran so
they can visit Hermening. The
Harry Metrinko of Olyphant, Pa.,
father of Michael Metrinko, said Red
Cross officials phoned him Tuesday '
and said his son was “in good shape”
and “good spirits.”
“We feel very happy,” Metrinko
said. “We hadn’t heard at all from
him. This is the first information
we’ve had at all.”
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