In this undated photo, Travis Timmerman sits on a porch swing in Urbana, Mo. (Stacey Collins Gardiner via AP)

Stacey Collins Gardiner holds a picture of her son, Travis Timmerman, in her home in Urbana, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, and had been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

This image provided by Mouaz Moustafa shows Travis Timmerman, center, standing with a member of the U.S. military and representatives of Syria's transitional government and opposition activists near the Syria-Jordanian border Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. U.S. forces flew Timmerman out of Syria Friday after rebels freed him following seven months in a Syrian government prison. (Mouaz Moustafa via AP)

Stacey Collins Gardiner reacts to seeing her son, Travis Timmerman, on the news Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in her home in Urbana, Mo. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, and had been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Stacey Collins Gardiner holds a picture of her son, Travis Timmerman, in her home in Urbana, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, after having been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

This image from the Missouri State Highway Patrol bulletin that shows Pete Travis Timmerman, who went by Travis, had been missing since June and turned up in Syria on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, who said he had been detained after crossing into Syria on foot seven months ago while on a Christian pilgrimage. (Missouri State Highway Patrol via AP)