Posted on 05/10/2018 2:09:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
One of three Americans who were freed from North Korea on Thursday asked to be let off the US State Department plane which brought them home as it refuelled in Alaska because he had not seen daylight for 'a very long time', it has been revealed.
Kim Dong- chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang-duk, also known as Tony Kim, arrived at Joint Air Base Andrews in Maryland at 2 am on Thursday. They were greeted by President Trump and the first lady on the tarmac.
At around 6pm, their plane stopped in Anchorage, Alaska, to refuel where one of the men asked to be allowed out to see the light, according to Vice President Mike Pence.
'The Secretary of State told me that when the plane refuelled in Anchorage, one of the detainees asked to go outside the plane because he hadn't seen daylight in a very long time,' Pence told GMA on Thursday, describing the situation as 'heartbreaking'....
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And thank you for your service! (-:
Someday there will be a great university or hospital in North Korea and it will be named after Otto.
We are getting pretty good daylight up here lately!
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I set my alarm for 2AM and went to bed an hour early. I ended up watching 2 hours of coverage of it and am glad I made the effort.
This is one of those things I will always remember watching. I haven’t felt this proud of a President since Regan said Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
Yes, that includes Bush on the bullhorn.
Did the same and thought the same....
It's almost like Koreacounty!
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