- 14 Jun 2017 09:34
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University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who spent 17 long months in detention in North Korea, is finally coming home — in a coma.
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IF I HAD UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION A BIT BETTER I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY JOINED THE ANARCHISTSGeorge Orwell
University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who spent 17 long months in detention in North Korea, is finally coming home — in a coma.
North Korea sentenced Warmbier in March 2016 to 15 years in prisonwith hard labor for “hostile acts against the state” after he apparently tried to remove a political propaganda sign inside a hotel in Pyongyang. His family in Cincinnati recently was told after his trial that the 22-year-old contracted botulism and was given a sleeping pill. He never woke up, North Korean officials told American envoys.
But it’s unclear what exactly happened to Warmbier and what his medical condition will be when he arrives in the United States.
Whether the student actually had botulism — a rare and serious disease not typically associated with loss of consciousness — remains unconfirmed. And how a sleeping aid could have triggered a coma is also questionable. What experts can say definitively is that the prognosis is grim for someone who has been comatose for such a lengthy period.
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IF I HAD UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION A BIT BETTER I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY JOINED THE ANARCHISTSGeorge Orwell