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Young man released from N Korea Fred Warmbier

Elom — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:33:18 GMT

i just read the release by the parents and how they saw their son and what they learned and to carry that sadness and memory. If you have time it is on cbs internet site. It changed my thinking. God Bless them. I am proud that they shared, it may change others.

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RainCityWoman — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:53:04 GMT

@Limbo4now wrote:
i just read the release by the parents and how they saw their son and what they learned and to carry that sadness and memory. If you have time it is on cbs internet site. It changed my thinking. God Bless them. I am proud that they shared, it may change others.

Well, now you've got my curiosity up. Is he the one who was delivered home in a coma and died shortly thereafter?

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BornToShop — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:57:01 GMT

I am horrified at what that poor family went through upon Otto's arrival at the airport. I could not keep my emotions in check & I pray the family; I do not honestly think I could ever come to terms with this tragedy if it were my son.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:03:36 GMT

I saw them this morning on Fox news....so very sad.

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StylishLady — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:38:19 GMT

There is a culture of cruelty in North Korea. I have read about the treatment of POW's in the Korean War. Not quite Manchurian Candidate stuff, but close to it.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:12:16 GMT

Just terrible what they did to him, confused though ,if he was howling , he had some brain activity,what a awfull sight for his family.

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Nancy Drew — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:18:48 GMT

I hope he didn't die in vain. Don't go to countries expecting the same human rights you enjoy here. You have no rights there.They can and do horrible things to humans.

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2blonde — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:26:28 GMT

As I recall, when he was first arrested, he had attempted to steal that banner to take back home as a souvenier for his mother, who had asked him to do it.

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Puppy Lips — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:34:30 GMT

@2blonde wrote:
As I recall, when he was first arrested, he had attempted to steal that banner to take back home as a souvenir for his mother, who had asked him to do it.

Oh Lordy, I hope it was not his mother who asked him to do it. Can you imagine the guilt on top of the grief?

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persiflage — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:42:39 GMT

@2blonde wrote:
As I recall, when he was first arrested, he had attempted to steal that banner to take back home as a souvenier for his mother, who had asked him to do it.

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There was a very convoluted story that he was getting the picture for the mother of a friend, it had many strange details that made no sense. I think it is all propaganda, the North Korean's released a video of a person taking down the sign. The person in the video is just that, you cannot tell who the person is. His later confession seems forced.

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ms traditional — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:53:57 GMT

the parents' description of his condition in Otto's last days was hard to hear. i can't imagine the agony it caused them. they handled everything with such calm and dignity that one wouldn't have known the nightmare that was happening in the background. with his shaved head, "rearranged" teeth, scar on foot, blindness, deafness and brain damage to back up their claim of torture, they are requesting that No Korea be put on terrorist country list. by the way they said he was "kidnapped," so i think that poster story could have been a frame-up. so very very heartbreaking.

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lulu2 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:53:57 GMT

The story of the banner is just that, a story. A mother asked her son (or a friend's mother asked this young man) to STEAL a banner (off the walls of an off limits floor) in North Korea for a souvenir??????

Accepting a child's death is probably the most difficult pain a parent can face. Not knowing what happened but seeing the results would make it unbearable.

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Big Joanie — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:54:33 GMT

Its my opinion that if we ever find out what is really going on with the

citizens there it will make Nazi Germany look like a kindergarten ....

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hckynut — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:55:46 GMT

@Elom

Watched a live interview on Fox with his parents that I DVR'd. They explained some of the details of what was done to him while held in custody in north korea. Very sad to watch how much they and their family have suffered. Will stay away from saying anything further.

hckynut(john)

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wvumountiefan — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:17:27 GMT

As the mother of a son in college, I wept out loud watching that interview! I can not even imagine as I sit here sobbing as I type this!

I will say one thing and then stop, it was NO human being that did this to Otto, it WAS monsters! 😢💔

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BornToShop — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:28:13 GMT

@wvumountiefan wrote:
As the mother of a son in college, I wept out loud watching that interview! I can not even imagine as I sit here sobbing as I type this!
I will say one thing and then stop, it was NO human being that did this to Otto, it WAS monsters! 😢💔

@wvumountiefan, my son is also 22 yrs old & in college, I am right there with you.

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Lindsays Grandma — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 22:17:16 GMT

I had to stop watching, too emotional for me. God Bless his mother and father, the pain has to be unbearable.