Sweeney: 'I Was Not Sure I Was Going to Live' [VIDEO]

Former Porter Ranch resident Derrik Sweeney, 19, and two other American students were back in the U.S. Saturday night after a week in a Cairo jail, accused of tossing firebombs during a demonstration at Tahrir Square.

The trio denied the allegations as their arrest in Egypt became an international incident.

"The first night was probably the scariest night of my life ever. I was not sure I was going to live. They said if we moved at all, even an inch, they would shoot us. They were behind us with guns," Sweeney told the Associated Press.

All three were studying at the American University in Cairo as part of a semester abroad program. Sweeney was studying Arabic and psychology.

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• 3 American students arrested in Cairo back in U.S.

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