Families of hostages have had their hopes dashed in the past, but now many feel real hope.

For the first time in my life I felt hope.

And for the first time in six years, they say, they feel hope.

When you left I felt hope for the first time.

For the first time since the fall of Relay, she felt real hope.

Then he saw something, and felt hope still struggling inside him.

He tried not to feel hope; it was too painful.

At the same time he felt hope and relief.

He felt hope again, and their fund-raising activities gained momentum.

That child looking up at the helicopter must see America and feel hope.