The same Navy SEAL heroes responsible for taking out Osama Bin Laden parachuted into Somalia to free a pair of hostages, killing nine kidnappers in the heart-stopping rescue. Click below to find out mroe and see the video.

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American Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted of Denmark were winging their way toward family reunions Wednesday just hours after the daring mission under cover of darkness at an outdoor camp.

SEAL Team, the elite unit responsible for the death of World Trade Center mastermind Bin Laden, was responsible for the rescue three months after the pair was taken hostage.

The American team apparently parachuted into the area around the Somali town of Adado, and then moved on foot toward the camp where kidnappers were holding the pair.

Nine of the lawless locals were killed, and another three taken hostage, according to The Associated Press. The guards were apparently snoozing when the U.S. fighters launched the surprise attack.

“I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their efforts,” said President Obama, who called Buchanan’s father with the good news minutes after delivering his State of the State address.

“The United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people, and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to bring their captors to justice.”

Buchanan, 32, and Thisted, 60, were kidnapped at gunpoint in October while working with the Danish Refugee Council. The agency clears mines and unexploded bombs in Africa and the Middle East.

The president approved the rescue plan two days ago after receiving reports that Thisted’s health was rapidly deteriorating.

Efforts by the Danish Refugee Council to win the hostages’ release through diplomatic channels had failed.

Danish Foreign Minister Villy Soevndal confirmed that “one of the hostages has a disease that was very serious and that had to be solved” — and he congratulated the U.S. for its bold rescue.

Buchanan, who was reportedly in good health, lived in Kenya and worked at a school in Nairobi before heading to Somalia.

Rob Beyer, the dean of students at the Rosslyn Academy, recalled Buchanan as good-natured and adventurous.

“There have been tears on and around the campus today,” he said. “She was well-loved by all her students.”

DN