Two Americans From Ohio Detained in North Korea With Different Paths Home
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Otto Warmbier, the U.S. college student released by North Korea in a coma last week, died Monday in a Cincinnati, Ohio hospital. He was 22 years old. Warmbier had been held by Pyongyang for 17 months, having tearfully confessed to trying to steal a propaganda banner while on a on a tour of the secretive country. In the winter of 2016, as news spread of Warmbier detention, another American living nearby in Ohio watched news reports intently as the incident unfolded. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh has more.