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The story of Otto Warmbier, an all-American boy with an adventurous spirit. A former high school standout who would decide to take a daring vacation to North Korea during his college years.

This episode begins to unravel the mystery of his New Year's Eve night in Pyongyang that would forever change the trajectory of his life.

Discover the untold truths behind his capture, the resulting international controversy, and the cruel fate Otto was ultimately destined to endure.

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Calvin says that the first thing you noticed right away was the low ceilings. It was half that of the other floors. This truly felt like a nonexistent floor. Built between the crawlspaces of two actual floors.

The taller members of the group buckled their knees to give the necessary headroom. And then excited, but also anxious, the group spread out and began to explore.

Calvin cautiously walked the length of a dimly lit, concrete hall. The layout wasn’t much different than your normal hotel corridor. Doors branching off on either side to other rooms.

Most were locked, but one was open.

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Research Credit:
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https://monsoondiaries.com/2011/08/23/piso-cinco/Megha Mohan on Twitter
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It was the last time his family would hear him speak. This is Otto Warmbier's confession.

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If convicted of this alleged crime what kind of punishment was awaiting Otto Warmbier? Allow me to introduce you to the North Korean "re-education" prisons; a network of concentration camps that perpetually holds and brutally tortures approximately 200,000 people.

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Articles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_North_Korea
https://web.archive.org/web/20120513133927/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3326738/I-saw-an-entire-family-being-killed.-They-were-put-in-the-gas-chamber-where-they-all-suffocated.-The-last-to-die-was-the-youngest-son.html
https://ethnoscopes.blogspot.com/2013/03/eyes-of-tailless-animals-book.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/life-north-korean-labor-camp-no-thinking-just-fear-n32076
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Intricacies of international diplomacy plays and political power-plays unravel while a young man's life hangs in the balance. While Otto Warmbier faces 15 years in a North Korean prison camp, the tension between superpowers begins to boil, political tides shift, and strategies of the past are weighed against the fate of an American held hostage abroad. Amidst these high-stakes negotiations, who would anticipate a former NBA legend would come to play a critical role in the process?

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“In the end, however, despite all the mystery still surrounding Otto, it is essential to remember two facts that endure as unyielding as gravestones: Otto’s death and the grief of those he left behind.” —Doug Bock Clark, investigative reporter

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Sources

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-discussed-using-nuclear-weapon-north-korea-2017-blaming-someone-rcna65120
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/u-s-speaking-one-voice-north-korea-state-dept-spox-n791261
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-crisis-how-events-have-unfolded-under-trump-n753996
https://abcnews.go.com/International/fire-fury-rocket-man-barbs-traded-trump-kim/story?id=53634996
https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/politics/trump-fire-fury-improvise-north-korea/index.html
https://thetab.com/us/2017/06/26/professor-said-otto-warmbier-got-deserved-will-not-rehired-69870
https://www.thedailybeast.com/larry-wilmore-apologizes-to-otto-warmbiers-family
https://web.archive.org/web/20180217063012/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/otto-warmbier-death-professor-facebook-post-north-korea-delaware-university-fired-a7809146.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/9/28/no-signs-of-torture-in-death-of-otto-warmbier
https://www.wlwt.com/article/president-recognizes-otto-warmbiers-parents-during-state-of-the-union/15932163
https://nextshark.com/white-people-made-comedy-north-korea-now-want-sympathy-otto-warmbier


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