College student returns home after being arrested in Cairo for participating in protests
Georgetown University student Derrik Sweeney is hugged by his mother Joy while father Kevin walks aside as he arrives at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in St. Louis on November 26, 2011. Sweeney, 19, from Jefferson City, Missouri was released by Egyptian authorities after being arrested on November 20, 2011, on the roof of a university building near Cairoâs Tahrir Square. Sweeny and two other students were accused of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters. An Egyptian court ordered the three students released and the prosecuting attorney decided not to appeal. UPI/Bill Greenblatt