DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: "CNN 20" today, one of CNN's own escapes captivity in Lebanon.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CNN ANCHOR: The happiest moment in the past 11 months. That's how Jeremy Levin, CNN's Beirut bureau chief, described his reunion with his wife and family at Reinmein (ph) Air Force Base in West Germany.</s>ED TURNER, FMR. CNN EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT: I was in the newsroom in Atlanta when word came through that Jerry Levin, who was bureau chief in Beirut, had not shown up for work. The worst became apparent very quickly.</s>CHRIS CURLE, CNN ANCHOR: Levin was on his way to work when he was abducted. The Muslim terrorist group, known as the Islamic Jihad, later claimed responsibility. No one had seen or heard from Jerry during that time, until yesterday, when word came that he had escaped from his captors.</s>JERRY LEVIN, CNN BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF: I had to be able to get the chain off. And they were careless that day. And I got the chain off.</s>TURNER: He was not in the best of health. He wasn't injured directly in any way. But you can imagine, after a year chained to a radiator, you would not be feeling quite as spritely as the average person.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CNN ANCHOR: Levin said he was not bitter or angry, but glad to be free.</s>LEVIN: Now, I'm home free at least, a born-again American.
CNN 20: Jeremy Levin Escapes, February 14, 1985