Bauer and Fattal set to return to U.S. Sunday

The hiking trip that started more than two years ago will finally end when Onamia native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal set foot in the U.S. again. They were arrested while hiking near the iran-Iraq border and were imprisoned in Iran on spying charges until their release this past week.
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The hiking trip that started more than two years ago will finally end when Onamia native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal set foot in the U.S. again. They were arrested while hiking near the iran-Iraq border and were imprisoned in Iran on spying charges until their release this past week.

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