'Never would have imagined,' freed hostage says of NJ street named in his honor

(JNS) - Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage who was freed in May after 584 days in Hamas captivity, was honored with a street named for him in the borough in which he grew up.

"To have a road named here in the place I call home is something I never would have imagined," Alexander said during a ceremony before the street sign was unveiled. "Every time I see this road, I will remember not just the struggle but the love and unity that brought me back home."

Alexander, who was accompanied by family, community members and local officials, was born in Israel and grew up in Tenafly, N.J....