Sean Goldman and his father, David Goldman of Tinton Falls, N.J., landed Thursday evening in Orlando on a private jet chartered by NBC. Most media were kept far away.
They reunited earlier in the day in Rio de Janeiro, ending an epic battle that pitted Sean's father against the boy's Brazilian stepfather, who had cared for Sean since his mother died last year. The dispute reached the highest levels of the U.S. and Brazilian governments and strained relations between the two countries.
Sean had lived in Brazil since Goldman's ex-wife, Bruna Bianchi, brought him to her native country for what was supposed to be a two-week vacation in 2004.
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Associated Press writers Tales Azzoni in Sao Paulo, Bradley Brooks in Rio de Janeiro, and Geoff Mulvihill in Mount Laurel, N.J., contributed to this report.
