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| Otto Warmbier coming home... |
| 2017-06-14 |
| [FoxNews] Otto Warmbier, the U.S. college student arrested, tried and imprisoned in North Korea for more than a year for trying to swipe a souvenir from a hotel, was expected to arrive late Tuesday in Cincinnati, his hometown, for urgent medical treatment. A U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that Warmbier, 22, was in a coma and had been for "over a year." The official added that the North Koreans told the U.S. that Warmbier contracted botulism before slipping into a coma. However, the two U.S. doctors traveling with him have not been able to confirm that claim, the official said. What actually happened to Warmbier and why he fell into a coma, though, may be more disturbing. The New York Times, citing an unnamed senior American official, said the U.S. had received intelligence reports in recent weeks that Warmbier had been repeatedly beaten and there were concerns in Washington that the beatings had killed him. Warmbier has served just over a year of his 15-year sentence -- allegedly for taking down a sign of the late dictator Kim Jong Il while he was in the country with a tour group. As of Tuesday morning, Warmbier was on a U.S. military aircraft with a medical team. After a stop at an American base in Japan and then refueling in Anchorage, the flight continued to Cincinnati. Other details surrounding the dramatic events were not released. |
| Posted by:M. Murcek |
| #7 So Patient 0 has been identified? Looking at the pictures US authorities apparently don't believe he's carrying an infectious disease as his handlers aren't protected at all. This might be an unwise move. The Norks are watching and North Korea is in possession on biological WMD and has already used chemical WMD abroad. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-06-14 22:01 |
| #6 Abu Lucas |
| Posted by: Shipman 2017-06-14 15:56 |
| #5 With a name like Warmbier, he should have gone to Canada. |
| Posted by: charger 2017-06-14 12:57 |
| #4 North Korea's agreeing to a different doctor was likely key to the Dennis Rodman prisoner swap. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-14 03:25 |
| #3 So Patient 0 has been identified? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-06-14 03:21 |
| #2 Any American who thinks it is a good idea to tour North Korea......How much would the Norks charge to keep him? |
| Posted by: Ulains Thuque6389 2017-06-14 02:14 |
| #1 "After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was reported that four countries the US labels as 'state sponsors of terror,' North Korea, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, developed botulinum toxins as possible biological weapons agents." Warmbier was an American hostage. The Norks wouldn't let a hostage come to harm because of neglect. After the VX assassination this is a another demonstration of their capability and will to use WMD. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-06-14 00:20 |