That said, any American who travels to North Korea on non-governmental business is crazy.
Think Denis Rodman
and places you should NOT put on your millennial kids places to visit:
Syria
Cuba
N. korea
Iran
Afghanistan
Iraq
Libya
Sudan
Lebanon
Venezuela-
and especially: the downtown areas of-
Chicago
Oakland
San Francisco
East St. Louis
Baltimore
Detroit
Sarc on the cities
A Freeper who has been following this story in great detail, whose name I can't recall, posits that Otto tried to commit suicide by hanging and failed. That actually makes a lot of sense. NK uses these people as bargaining chips. If they kill or substantially injure them, their value as bargaining chips is substantially compromised. Typically, folks returned by the Norks come back in good shape, after a substantial payment or concession has been made, of course. A failed suicide attempt by hanging would explain the lack of oxygen that caused his brain damage.