Wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with "I Am A Filipino" slogan, released Filipino hostage Angelo Dela Cruz speaks to the crowd shortly upon arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Thursday, July 22, 2004 in Manila, Philippines. Dela Cruz, now a national icon, came home to a hero's welcome Thursday as the Philippines briefly put aside the controversy over the government's concession to insurgents in Iraq who had threatened to behead him. (Xinhua photo)