St. Albert resident Grant Cathrea returned to Canada after a few harrowing weeks amid turmoil in Libya.
The African nation faces unrestl as leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi continues his bloody crackdown on opponents to his rule.
Grant, a power engineer, had been trapped along with hundreds of co-workers in a walled compound near the city of Benghazi.
His flight arrived home Tuesday night when he was reunited with his wife Nada and the rest of his family.