The 29-year-old said he was detained earlier this year after crossing into Syria on foot from Lebanon and held in prison until the fall of Assad. Timmerman's family called it a "Christmas miracle."

After seven months in captivity, Travis Timmerman was found wandering barefoot on Monday morning. He's one of thousands freed from prisons since rebel forces ousted the ruthless dictator Bashar Assad.

Travis Timmerman, the missing Missouri man who was unexpectedly found in Syria after he said he crossed into the country to make a "pilgrimage," was flown out by the U.S. military to Jordan, two U.S.

Travis Timmerman, 29, from Missouri, was found this week by residents wandering barefoot in a suburb south of Syria's capital.

Travis Timmerman, an American who was reported missing by law enforcement earlier this year, was flown out of Syria by the U.S. military on Friday, a day after he was spotted in the streets wandering barefoot following what he claimed was a monthslong imprisonment.

Travis Timmerman, 29, from Urbana, was found this week wandering barefoot in a suburb south of Syria's capital.