North Korea says American detainee Warmbier released on humanitarian grounds

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American university student Otto Warmbier is brought off a plane in a coma at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, after being brought back to the USA after 17 months in North Korea, June 13.

Fred also said Trump told him that they worked extremely hard to bring Otto home, and he was sorry this was the outcome.

Warmbier's family said they were told by North Korean officials, through contacts with American envoys, that Warmbier fell ill from botulism some time after his trial and lapsed into a coma after taking a sleeping pill, the Washington Post reported.

The father says that he and his wife, Cindy, only learned of their son's condition last week.

Fred Anderton, the manager at Lunken Airport, said Otto Warmbier was scheduled to land in Cincinnati Tuesday evening and be transferred via ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

There's no evidence of how Wambier was injured, but the brain damage looks like what happens when someone's heart stops for a long period of time, doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center said.

The Ohio man said he trusted a "false premise they would treat Otto fairly and let him go", even though he did not hear from his son for 15 months.

Tillerson said Tuesday that the State Department was continuing "to have discussions" with North Korea about the release of the other imprisoned Americans.

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According to what Rex Tillerson (Secretary of State, United States) said, Otto Warmbier is back to the USA to meet his family in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fred Warmbier said his son was "lured" to North Korea by a Chinese tourist agency, which advertised "safe" trips for American citizens.

"All of you guys should be proud of yourselves, because, you know, a lot of people don´t give you guys credit, because this is such a small country, and not many people from North Korea can compete around the world", Rodman told the North Korean athletes, according to the video footage. They plan to hold a news conference Thursday morning in their home state of Ohio. After making a tearful confession before the cameras, he was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor. The question of whether Warmbier's inauspicious return will end up having a negative effect on US-North Korea relations in the short term may depend on Warmbier's physical condition and on whether North Korea releases the three Americans who are still detained there.

The 56-year-old NBA Hall of Famer, who was heavily criticised for failing to raise the plight of a jailed USA missionary on a previous trip, said discussing detained United States citizens was "not my purpose" with his most recent visit.

The release came amid tension between Washington and Pyongyang following a series of missile tests by the North, focusing attention on an arms buildup that Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Monday dubbed "a clear and present danger to all".

The U.S. government accuses North Korea of using such detainees as political pawns.

FILE - In this February 29, 2016 file photo, American student Otto Warmbier speaks to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea. "I told him I missed him and I was so glad that he made it home".

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