Freed New York Times journalists reflect on captivity, risking lives

Journalists reflect on captors' crueltySTORY HIGHLIGHTSThe journalists believe their Libyan driver may have been killed by pro-Gadhafi forcesThey feel 'a huge responsibility' for the missing driverThe journalists have been reassessing how much risk is worth taking to get a storyThey say they realize how dehumanization of prisoners can lead to violence (CNN) -- The four New York Times staffers recently held captive for about a week by pro-Moammar Gadhafi troops made it out of Libya alive.

However, they're unsure if their driver, Mohammed, did. And the experience is forcing the seasoned war journalists to reconsider how they look at the world.

"We probably should have died those first 12 hours, given, you know, the intensity of the firefight and the positions we were in," Anthony Shadid told Anderson Cooper on CNN's "AC360."

But when Shadid and his colleagues Lynsey Addario, Stephen Farrell and Tyler Hicks emerged unscathed from the firefight, they fled right into the arms of their soon-to-be captors, who were manning a government checkpoint.

Mohammed got out of their vehicle at the checkpoint.

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