newly freed hikers, where their families were waiting to greet them. >> two years in prison is too long. we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in america and iran. >> reporter: they are expected to remain in oman with their families for a few days to relax before flying home to the u.s. rob, tanya? >> what a joyous flight that will be for those guys. oh, unbelievable. >> and iranian president ahmadinejad is in new york today for the u.n. assembly. we'll see what he has to say later on. >> a big feather in his cap that these guys are on their way home now. that's exactly what he wanted. so it all worked out. even though some say the $1 million it took to get out of jail was more like a ransom than it was bail. criticism of how this was handled. bottom line, they're on their way back to america. >> happy day, indeed. in other news, in georgia late last night, troy davis lost a final appeal from the u.s. supreme court and was put to death by lethal injection. davis was convicted of killing an off-duty policeman 22 years