Otto Warmbier's parents say son was tortured in North Korea
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- čas přidán 25. 09. 2017
- The parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months and died after returning to the US, say their son was "systematically tortured" and "intentionally injured" by Kim Jong Un's regime.
Not getting an autopsy is the biggest mistake. They missed the only chance to expose how he was tortured.
Agreed
Maybe he wasnt
angelina from his parents description I highly doubt that he wasn’t tortured
Odious that the husband is in charge.
for who's satisfaction though? yours? Who are you....
Dont get me wrong, I want to know what happened to him too but its out of sheer curiosity on our part as outside observers.
I'm sorry but I'm a parent and Otto suffered horribly but I would have wanted that autopsy.
Judaism doesn't believe in autopsy.
I can understand that but to be honest........ what would you gain with that? Otto's parents know what happened, we all know what happened and tragically the autopsy wouldnt change anything
@@TheUltimateVoid TY
America should have demanded an autopsy!!
@@starletscarlet BS Then why do Jewish doctors perform autopsies if they don't believe in them! They didn't do an autopsy but bull dozed through with accusations against korea while others were released healthy as fuc*! That means the US f***ed him up when they had him last.
No autopsy because Otto had been through enough.
Umm, he's dead. so.... not really going to affect him.
yeah, i would want to know 100%, too. That part I don't get.
Totally agree. Something is off here. If what they're describing is true, the autopsy would have proven it. Strange.
No but its going to affect them. Perhaps its enough to know that their son was tortured and died as a consequence. The gory details would be haunting
@Siya He was aggressively tortured, that much is not up for discussion. However, what can be debated is whether or not his captors wanted this outcome, or if they weren't able to restrain themselves. When seing the few torture sessions smuggled out from North Korea, it's easy to see the captors losing control and taking it too far for too long. After all, they do bang the prisoners skulls against the walls repeatedly until blood splatters visibly on the walls. This would have been going on for a long time, and it's easy to see how brain damage would occur. The question is whether or not they actually intended for him to go to the concentration camps. I suspect they did, but that the interrogators took it too far for too long, and didn't want to risk him dying in their hands, blaming it on a disease and immediately sending him out of the country to die somewhere else.
They knew what happened. That’s why, an autopsy wouldn’t tell them anything they don’t know. He came back beaten dead. I don’t get how this doesn’t start a war. Makes no sense to me.
The "mom" is asking: "how do you get a scar on the entire top of your foot?!" 8:58 and yet doesn't get an autopsy. I din't understand this at all.
Exactly. Our hearts go out to the Warmbier's and especially their poor, unfortunate son whom Obama abandoned, and the Methodist Church's minister who challenged Otto to commit a crime should be brought to task, too.
The reason Obama left Otto in Kim's hands was because Otto gave that press conference where he exposed the Deep State's involvement with the Methodist Church and also this particular Secret Society he wanted to become part of.
Otto was lured into committing a crime against North Korea by all of the above and although it was his decision, they promised him enough money to entice him into jeopardizing his safety.
Watch #OttaWarmbier's Press Conference!
The parents should've had an autopsy and instead of them asking, What did they do to our son? and How did he get that scar on his foot? they would know. Yes, Otto had been through enough, but if they continue to ask questions about what happened to their son, they should have an autopsy, have everything documented, who knows how it may play out in the future.
@@katherinoday1458 haha it`s obama`s fault and if he could have done anything. smh. if dumbness would hurt you would die instantly
My heart don't go out to nobody but otto in this situation. these parents were paid off, this is the second interview where I saw this woman say imma let my husband start off they know what happened today son. they just not saying nothing, the second that boy took that poster off that wall whether Obama, Bush, or Trump was in office he was dead regardless. North Korea don't fuk with Americans Point Blank.
my thoughts exactly,unless they did an autopsy but dont want the media to know because they know n.korea will get wind of whatever there doing,there could be a method to there madness so to speak
jorge rodi and an autopsy would’ve confirmed the cause of death. you don’t just develop brain damage out of nowhere.
I feel bad for mom and dad though they should have had an autopsy done.
It's cuz they killed him.
Why , everyone knows he died of botulism , a bacterial infection must be treated with antibiotics. it's not something your body will fight off.
Doing an autopsy would prove the cause of his death & end all this speculation.
They did an MRI scan and the doctors found no evidence of botulism.
+Carl No, he was murdered by "neglect" , he wasn't given proper medical treatment until it was too late and they knew that , that's why they released him, they knew he was gonna die. There is no speculation here , he died of organ failure related to food poisoning. (botulism)
I have a 21 year old son and if this shit happened to my boy I would be insane with grief
ANGELnJOHNNY Gonzalez a clue that it is fake. All for propaganda purposes.
Yea, there is something odd about they way they grieve. it's weirdly, dispassionate, but i just cant put my finger on it. "He was a good boy"
Tony Walton I totally agree... like the person stated above, if it were my child, I would be out of my mind with grief. And RAGE!! They are speaking of it as if they were talking about what they were gonna have for dinner. 🤷🏻♀️
at 5:27 it's like they're talking about a car that got smashed up.
I'm sure they have been so angry, but in order to function and get out what you need to say I believe they are in survival mode. I'm sure they have screamed to the heavens but you can't constantly live in this state. I'm sure its devastating, but everyone grieves differently I choose not to judge their pain.
8:10 "Otto was abandoned by his family"?
You ARE his family?
What a weird comment, it's almost like they're actors pretending to be his parents. This is such a strange interview. I would love one of those psychologists or whoever that study body language to watch this interview and tell us what they think as there is something so wrong with this.
I'm one of these people so let me tell you. Those people lived for a year not sure whether their son is actually alive, the son who went for a trip to NK. For a year.. grief, anger for allowing him to go , fear mixed with hopes. Then trying to forget so you can live but feel guilt if you enjoy things in life knowing your son might or might not be alive.
Then you get the news he is alive and you witness your son being in the worst possible state. Not sure if you have kids but for every parent seeing your healthy child being deformed and basically brain dead is the most horrific thing. There are events which make you cry and those where you don't have even any more tears to cry for.
People are often in so called dissociated state- this is typical for people who went through so much trauma and suffering. They tell a story as if it happens to someone else. This is how they access the memory. They see themselves the picture rather than see it through their own eyes. Both of them , especially dad still sees it 'through hos own eyes'. He is on national TV as is mum. This is where it is tricky. Because they 'saw' it so many times and recalled this moment that it doesn't cause same emotions any more. They worked on it either with psychologist or themselves. You want to be emotional on TV not to come across as cold, but on the other hand, you also dealt with emotions so they are not that dramatic or people would call- how grieving parents would react. But remember it has been long time and a lot of different emotions that were learnt to be 'in control'.
This is how people can cope to finally let go of suffering. Its normal grieving process. Their was very lenghty. However some people after tragedy 'seem' fine quickly. By no mean they are fine. They just learnt to be isolate the momory and literaly make it like a blank page. It is a survival mechanism as they know if they allow themselves to grieve they would not survive.
I agree. They seem like actors for sure.
Looks staged to me...
@Chad Mower Sounds right mate but there's just something about them. They're very strange but i suppose we're all different and we handle things in our own unique way.
Not a genuine bone in their bodies!!!! Bad actors x
The parents give off strange vibes. This whole interview is “off”
they are gringos. what do you expect. they act like most. plus, they have had years to process this information. so, they aren't crying in their soup over this at the drop of a hat, they have shed a lot of tears already.
...kinda thinking the same too
@@guypritchie4225 Wym??
Whatever it is, I know what ya mean. The first part that threw me off is when the father says so matter-of-factly that he was “systematically tortured by the Kim Jong Regime” when obviously he has no way of knowing that, so why so matter of fact sounding when it isn’t a known fact? Why no photos? No autopsy? Why no evidence? Why does their story conflict with the U.S. doctors? Why does he start to say “the Korean government paraded him around..” and then stop himself almost as though he caught himself in too obvious of a lie? Sure, tragic. I’m not denying that. But everything after that seems to be more geared towards the 500 million that the U.S. ordered North Korea to pay the parents. No autopsy? No photos? No evidence? Just the parent’s story? It really seems like they suffered a terrible tragedy, but then saw it as an opportunity to milk the legal system for all they could. There are just too many aspects of this story that five me that impression.
Scarlett Roger maybe they just ruined with grief.
Don"t go to North Korea....
stazorm1 fuck that man I wanna see blood let's go to war.
kyle hubbs well then you're an evil person
I'll be right behind you. You go first.
Wrong. You don't go to North Korea and act like a frat boy!
"Borrowing" a 50 cent flag? Bull fucking shit. Who allowed him to go there without explaining how to behave there?
Just google earth to visit North Korea.
I'm sorry but his parents seem really off. Idk maybe it's just me but they don't seem right. What happened to Otto is heartbreaking, disgusting and disturbing. I'd want to know what happened to my son.
I agree. They are definitely off
They kept him so long to make sure as much evidence about what occurred was not going to be found. He made sure of that just like he made sure this American boy, not associated with the government AT ALL died for stealing a poster. Sick
@@scumbagmgtowmonk4251 They would torture you and kill you for less than that in North Korea. It's awful, but sadly it doesn't surprise me.
scumbag mirren true. He’s a CIA agent.
I dunno I can relate actually. When my mom died I didn’t know she was going to be cremated (I was a minor at the time) and when I found out I had an intense desire for her body to remain intact and I didn’t want the cremation to happen. Had I known her body would have been embalmed I would not have been okay with that either. I think when you lose someone you love it’s still such an initial shock and it takes time to process and maybe you’re not ready for any cutting or tampering to happen to your loved one’s physical body 🤷🏾♀️ technically although if it’s open casket the body has to be embalmed I believe..idk I can see both sides of the story. I don’t think it’s fair to call the parents “off” though
What extremely unnerving interview responses to all the questions...what are they hiding? and why? There is so much audible secrecy in their words...
They keep saying Kim and his regime rather than using his full name.... So weird
i’ve seen a few interviews with the family and they’re all as weird as this. and the dad says pretty much the same thing in all of them... gives me weird vibes
Shut the fuck up and feel sympathy for the family if you’re gonna watch or look into this at all you morons
@@adamolds8397 Exactly are these fake accounts maybe?
Check their bank account.
11:02 "he was a good boy, he was all boy" I had to pause and just take a sec to process that... what a strange, strange answer to that question. It sounds scripted in the same way Otto's speech was scripted, almost like badly translated english
And then goes on to say he'd call you up to scam you for money?? WHAT IS THIS
Kelly They both seemed off, but the “he was a good boy” was just weird.
HE WAS CHILDISH A RISK TAKER HENCE STEALING BEING BOISTEROUS, CONNING DAD FOR A LAUGH, OR EVEN GOING TO N KOREA SOME MEN ARE BORN WITH THAT KINDA SPIRIT OR TEMPERAMENT USUALLY HIGH TESTOSTERONE BOYS
it was a funny answer he was a good boy, he was all boy he phone you up to scam money. Why would a person even say that ?? sounds like otto wasn't even a nice person.
@@jellyboy123i really think the parents were so drugged up. they seem to be struggling to string a sentence together
Is it just me or is this the oddest interview. Also I don’t understand how as parents they can say these things but decline the autopsy. Something isn’t right about their story because the coroner had other things to say.
Jerri Curl they dont seem emotional either
Jerri Curl they look like paid actors. No dad or mother would speak so easily like this about their dead son
I dont like how he says otto over and over instead of saying my son or something like that.
I totally agree.... As someone who studies psychology.. The fathers behaviors is very suspicious.. He seems emotionless, almost like hes reading a script or trying very hard to give the interview using answers he may have previously rehearsed... He keeps looking downwards near the floor and speaking in a mono-tone as if hes reading a book... He doesn't seem very affected by the situation being discussed... the mother wont look at the interviewer or the camera the entire time the husband is speaking... The whole thing seems very off-beat... Should be looked into much further.
I think the truth us he wasn't tortured. Probably the truth is that this is a set up aimed at discrediting north Korea.
Delivery of this interview is the strangest I've ever seen. Does anyone else feel this way?
Yup. False flag?
his father is beyond furious and he can't do anything...... they have been wrecked by this too
Just more Anti Christ Jew bullshit.
Anonymous Anonymous DING DING DING DING.
Daniyal Khan 2:50-2:53 inside joke.
2:24 "Good American Health Care" ??? Almost fell out of my chair!
Me too!! What a joke!!!
Same here !!!
Why ? Is it bad or what ?
Where is the LAMB SAUCE this is why we have the most coronavirus cases in the world
@@mikeyneang9525 i promise you countries like china and even iran have most cases they just lying about numbers bro its coming from a guy who lives in iran
Yes, I could never understand why the parents didn't permit an autopsy.
They said they were Jewish as an excuse
Looks like they're watching what they say
Jon Abdi I agree
Probably because they are hiding something. If that was my child I’d have an autopsy not rush to bury him.
Look when the reporter asks about the autopsy, the mom has a weird grim and has no idea of what to say, looks at the father for response "that's a really good question....absolutely"... wt h?! Everything is weird here, even when she asks about what they think about their son, answer is: he was a "good boy" and not a single we love him? Dunno, can be that they are under powerful medication or something really bizarre is going on.
TheDaniqo I just wrote a comment similar to yours...their actions and wording are so very strange...
Most interviews are scripted. They do it that way so that they don’t get on air and kinda freeze and don’t know what to say. Stop with the stupid fucking conspiracies. “Crisis actors” it’s the kids fucking parents.
The parents seem strangely robotic here, like they're reciting lines off a teleprompter. Even their lines are almost identical -- including the dramatic pauses -- to other interviews they've given.
Your iq is negative
It’s like their repeating what someone else is saying. Like If they have some sort of ear piece
Fake interview. I dont believe anything i see lmao
They do not look disturbed or sad... They look wierd
@@Wdym41 the irony lol
These parents have been paid big bucks by someone!!
$501 million by the US government for NK losing a wrongful death lawsuit. My guess is no autopsy was part of the agreement.
by CIA
Guys, stop saying this shit. It's rude and disrespectful.
They asked $1 billion from North Korea. Wonder how much they got in the end, if any.
@@roxannemoser That makes this whole thing make a lot more sense
If I was a parent and this happened to my kid I would have cried everytime they ask me about my kid😭
Money wouldn't make a difference, money wouldn't replace the life of someone you were soooo close to.
@@isaacdeleon001 what if they guy tried to scam you out of money?
learning more about Otto he wasn't a very liked person.
I know, his Mom was laughing about all of this, she's fucked up in the head!!!
yeah, it is just so weird that the way ottos mom has presented, she even laughs, confusing
I am glad that they are moving on. There are different stages of grief, and I think that the parents are at the acceptance stage. (They want to remember the good times with him).
This isn't adding up.
#crisisactors
True to this day I don’t understand
Shut the fuck up and feel sympathy for the family if you’re gonna look into this at all you dumb conspiracy theorists bitch
Maybe his parents killed him & want to write a book or the fame 🤔 Why refuse an autopsy ?
Why?
The dad seems like a robot reading from a script
The autopsy... doesn't make sense. Nobody wants to think about doing that to a beloved but these are special circumstances
The way she just stopped halfway through a sentence at 3:20 and looked at her husband so that he could continue ...not scripted at all...
The dad entered the plane not the mother I am pretty sure so its normal for the witness to talk
I know, what I ment is that she stopped mid sentence and looked at him expectedly so that he could continue, it’s like they had a script to follow. I really hope this is all fake and that guy got home safe which is the reason why they’re so calm and collected
I feel for the parents even though they raised an idiot. I think they are on strong strong medication.
So they planned what they wanted to say before going on national news and talking about the most awful, traumatic event of their life. What's wrong with that? Telling their story is the last thing they can do for their son. They want to get it right. I have so much respect for them and my heart goes out to them.
5:10 If I was his father, I wouldn't be able to speak his condition so easily.
I'm a woman btw
Very strong antidepressants after such a horrific event..seeing your son with his teeth ripped out and arms and legs deformed? I would never be the same again. Heavy meds; to the people saying the parents are off.
it's clear they wouldn't let him travel back to the US with an open mouth that's available to tell stories about everything to everyone
Forgive me but if that were my son, I wouldn't care if they had to tear out every organ to find out the truth of what they did to him. What an awkward moment when the anchor asked them about why they didn't perform an autopsy. Something is not right here.
omfg. the strength it took for them to sit there and describe the condition their child was in. unimaginable. unfathomable. i think they've probably crossed over into another state of grief. as a parent myself, all i want to do is just hug them both and give them love.
And yet Chelsea Handler jokes about trading President Trump for Kim Jong-un. Disgusting.
+Jonny S Are you serious? Does Trump starve his people, forbid them from watching anything but state TV, forbid movies, forbid jeans, kill his cousins and brothers and threaten to nuke all of US' neighbors?
+Jonny S Not to mention forbid the Internet.
chrisizq, they're both shit, Kim is worse. If trump was the sole leader and held full power he'd be just as bad. Probably, even worse.
You're right it's disgusting.
Jonny S, nice troll account but if serious, US economy has actually increased. Many businesses have returned to producing onshore rather than offshoring it, employment has increased. Not to mention people in the US actually have freedom and capitalism. Any political system without democracy and capitalism is the definition of failure.
RIP Otto may the good lord watch over you & family.
But he already did. And fucked him royally. Otto must have been a very evil person, for the kind lord would never let anything happen to good people. It says so in the bible, duh.
what good lord is that? they're jewish not the same as your skydaddy
Gibbons Otto in hell, he take own life... Syicide!
amen
FUCK YOU NORTH KOREA 🖕🏻🇰🇵
This interview is super sketchy. Why don’t the parents seem to have any emotion about this? I’d more easily believe they are news anchors just covering this story.
Maybe they're grieving or something.
Not only that but it was weird that the dad couldn't even describe how Otto was as a person "hes all boy, hed call and scam for money" that's all you remember from a son? It just doesnt sound right...
They are both on some strong meds, just my guess.
Is the mom smiling?or What? Does anyone see the mom's facial expression?
Ahlam Alselwi I noticed that too. Something very odd with both parents.
You see it too?
Almost seems like they are acting.
Very strong antidepressants after such a horrific event..seeing your son with his teeth ripped out and arms and legs deformed? I would never be the same again. Heavy meds; to the people saying the parents are off.
People smile when they're in great distress. Have you ever been to a funeral?
Why is this interview almost word-by-word identical to the interview they gave at the FoxAndFriends? Am I the only one with this uncanny feeling that they are reading the script and, when asked unexpected questions, start shaking not knowing what to say, exchanging glances at each other... are they afraid someone's gonna crosscheck what they said in another interview?
I'm really sorry for this couple, but they should have done the autopsy. They claim statements about torture and murder, but as much as I believe that this is highly likely, there is no evidence.
some people are just good at public relations. I am. You get a sound dialogue and stick to it - stick to the talking points. It helps organize your thoughts before speaking on national news outlets. I have done it. I had press coming at me all different ways once; you get one chance to send your message out... so you pick your points. it does not mean it is a lie... of course they rehearsed their most important points ahead of time.
I heard that they couldn't do an autopsy and I do that all the time when public speaking. That doesn't mean that I'm lying or anything, just means that I'm making sure that I get out what I need to say because of how emotional/distracted I get sometimes.
It’s weird to me that the parents aren’t holding hands or sitting close to each other when talking about the death of their son. That dad is really weird
This interview is very strange and chilling, with reference to the parents' responses. I find it extremely odd that to date nothing else has been discovered or disclosed about this incident.
Someone needs to make a documentary of this case!!!
"...nobody should ever go to North Korea..."
Why did Otto go there?
No autopsy, strange doesn't sound right!???
Yvette H i found that the weirdest part
Bet you don’t have kids, do you? If I’m wrong then imagine your kid cut open like a fish. They didn’t need that mental picture adding more to their anguish at the time. These are some strong people.
If they want to use this as a catalyst for war where potentially millions could die they should have done an autopsy.
EzekielSwapp it’s not the parents decision on whether to go to war or not, and it’s certainly not their responsibility to gather evidence for it. I have not heard them advocate for war.
They might want to just let him rest and not let him be mutilated anymore although if I had a kid and they died I'd 100% want an autopsy
This is very sad what happened but I find it odd that they are so calm about this. My dog passed 11 months ago today and just talking about him fills me with tears. He was my best friend for almost 14yrs and losing him has been the hardest and worst feeling i have ever felt. How are they so calm?
Yes even more odd the mom appears to be smiling in several instances and I don't sense any sadness from her. I know someone will say that people grive differently but his just does not feel right.
they're possibly on beta blockers or other anxiolytics or antidepressants to help them deal with this, and be able to talk about it on television.
The Warmbiers are under no obligation to grieve or respond to trauma in the same way that you do.
People express grief differently
I can't believe how ignorant the parents were not to get an autopsy, it's all speculation how he died. He could have had an aneurysm, could have had an infection--his brain was swollen. It's hard to know what killed him. Ignorant parents, missed an opportunity for information about their son. They disgust me.
He died because they stopped the feeding tube from him, but he was a healthy young man only 21 before going to NK soooooo… NK actually killed him by poisoning just to set an example
I think they are lying about the autopsy
@@sharonterry7862 U GIVE GOD A BAD NAME
I believe no autopsy was a part of the $501 million settlement they received.
@Steve Lethal good Lord, you believe there's an illuminati and an actual Big Brother, don't you?
@Steve Lethal stfu...
wtf they never even seem sad, they act so weird and the mom even smiles sometime
It’s like they paid the parents neighbors best friend second removed cousin to give this interview.
This seems such a strange interview, his parents seem so weird, they couldn’t even explain how Otto was as a son growing up, strange, the father didn’t even smile once when the mother told at the end the story of their 25th wedding anniversary, what the hell was that, some creepy shit, sorry, not getting good vibes here at all
"Kim knew nothing about the death of Otto and I take his words for it!!!" --Donald Trump. Go figure.
Hmoob Channel People in North Korea can’t fart without Kim Jong knowing about it
Mama said the key word,6:53 " They released him because they did not want him to die on THEIR soil." That is the ONLY reason why he was released. They tortured this kid and for Trump 1 year later to say Kim Un didnt know how this kid died, man please, tell that to someone who was born yesterday. Some of us have more sense then that.
Their son was murdered, but an autopsy would've really provided a FULL picture of what happened. I feel sorry for this family and this young man.
No he tried to kill himself and then they let him go
@@ajasiouxbea4726 He did not "try to kill himself" - that's just a LIE NKorea is trying to spread to absolve themselves of culpability. He was being watched and tortured day and night. He had weird scars in strange places that we could see. They had complete control of him. You don't think they left a bottle of pain killers at his bedside for him do you?
People saying otherwise are complete fuckin idiots... you don’t just slip into a vegative state like that for no reason...
@@ajasiouxbea4726 no he didn't, that's a lie!
Yes, it was idiotic of Otto Warmbier to visit North Korea, a totalitarian regime that not only punishes traitors to the government but three generations of their family as to discourage dissent. Obviously, Warmbeir's decision to visit North Korea was not wise. However, his lack of judgment did not warrant the punishment. Otto Warmbeir's imprisonment and maltreatment were likely motivated by North Korea's grievances against the United States. In Warmbier's trial for the supposed theft of North Korean propaganda, the sole piece of evidence presented against Warmbeir was a grainy film purportedly depicting the theft poster from a North Korean hotel. However, the man depicted in the video is unidentifiable. While Warmbier could not be linked to his alleged crime nor was he provided the opportunity for a defense, he was found guilty, likely so the DPRK could use him as a pawn in their war of diplomacy against the US. Even for those of you who believe Warmbier committed the crime of which he was accused, 15 years in a hard labor camp for "stealing a flag" is barbaric. Yes, it is true America has been responsible for injustices and atrocities in the past. But in no way does that lessen the savagery of the North Korean regime. For any of you readers who want an inside look at the heinous crimes orchestrated by DPRK, I would read "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West." It illustrates the life of a North Korean citizen born into a forced labor camp. Through no fault of his own, the book's author is subject to deplorable conditions inside a North Korean forced labor camp and compelled to starve, kill, torcher others, be torture himself, and climb over his friend's dead body to escape to freedom. Even if the DPRK did not torture Warmbier to death, they still would have subjected the young man to the same atrocities all prisoners face in North Korean Forced Labor Camps. That is what a heinous regime looks like. Yes. Of course. Do not visit North Korea. But do not justify, even to the slightest degree, what the North Korean regime did to this 22-year-old high-school salutatorian and near University of Virginia graduate who had so much to offer the world. Comments like "If the legitimacy of a sovereign country comes down to a single instance of its treatment of prisoners, then the US lost legitimacy a long time ago" and "He should not have been behaving like a spoiled brat in the first place. Do not steal any paintings in North Korea" are disheartening as it, however minutely, serves to justify the DPRK's barbarous punishment directed toward a young man, likely on the grounds of his nationality.
Well said. There is no real proof it was him who stole the poster. Just a grainy image.
They have no real concrete proof that he stole the sign. Yes, he was stupid to not listen when told to not go to N.K. and the 5th floor but he's dead now and probably was tortured. What they did was evil and it's worse to justify what they did. It's terribly unfortunate that this happened.
Thank you, I'm so disgusted by sone of the comments for this video.
Hold up.... the more i looked at this interview this shit is not adding up somewhat
why not an autopsy???
jamesaaa78: Because Kim Jong-Un ordered his torture and murder and because Trump wanted to exonerate Kim as he does all murderous dictators.
Maybe his parents killed him & want to write a book or the fame 🤔
jamesaaa78 because they are cy
God, watch over him, guide him where he needs to be. Take care of his family.
There’s something very suspicious about this interview and the father just does not seem genuine. And if you know your child went through all of that you would definitely get an autopsy
I seriously think they are a strange family. Like they are in shock and don't know what to do.
Don’t hate on me for this - but I have never witnessed two parents who lost their son recently to torture and murder smile so much and speak so matter-of-factly about it. No emotion at all. So many irrelevant facts. Such bizarrely story-like descriptions from the “parents”. Really weird. There’s no emotion to what they say.
Something isn’t right here.
I was thinking the same well said i think all of this was a put on they knew what their son did was very wrong you have to abide the rules in other countries. Their son was a adult not a child he knew not to do certain things in north korea.
what you aren't getting is this happened back in 2015. ok, so they have had time to process this story. After two years, obviously the grief has settled and allowed them to better process this situation. They know they have to get this message out.
I think they are trying to learn to live again.
I agree completely. I’m not a parent and I’m sort of a ‘heartless’ person some would say but I shed some tears just hearing them describe him and they just keep smiling? Very very strange
Human psychology is a lot more complex than that. People express grief at stages. They've likely moved past the state of horror and sadness and moved straight into anger.
The mother definitely seems angry. Don't forget smiling is also a fear reaction, as well as laughter.
My condolences to the Warmbier family
I don't understand why they did not want a autopsy
HE WAS TORTURED ENUF...AUTOPSIES ARE BRUTAL....
@@jessmoran7060 autopsies are usually performed when you're dead...
The mother and father really upset me by not having an autopsy done..... I'm also confused how he could gutterally howl but the doctors considered him all but brain dead? Why wouldn't he be in a medically induced coma if he was howling? But who knows...the parents could just be on xanax...god knows I would be.
I'm sorry but the way the mom answered when asked about why not an autopsy...she seemed happy to say "that's a good question" both the parents are acting like they were paid off or something
pretty sure they were indeed paid off, by CIA
something doesn't seem right here, propaganda comes in many forms
Umm yea this interview is way off it makes you feel that these aren’t his real parents but paid bad actors what’s up with that.
I think I understand why they don't want the autopsy. They know that he was tortured extensively, they really don't need to be haunted by the specifics of it.
Why the hell would you go to North Korea?!?!
9:30 sounds really weird to me as does this entire interview, plus the no autopsy? thats the first thing i'd like to know, what killed otto?
In 17 months... This happened within 17 fucking months. This is unbelievable. I can't imagine what his parents felt after seeing their son in that condition. I have so much respect for them being able to hold it together after something like that.
If they themselves had so many doubts regarding the death of their own son,then how can they not legally fight it out?! Bizarre to say the least... They look worried and scared during this interview!
Why do people go there?! This is so unbelievably sad....
Not to sound like a conspiracy nut, but where is the coroner's report? It seems really odd that they would suddenly come out with these claims just now when anxiety with this situation is rising and concern is increasing in the population of the U.S. I have seen some articles claiming the parents' side is untrue, but I wonder what the coroner's report states since they are public record.
Starting at 610 this whole things sounds scripted as fuck, now it's coming out that he wasn't tortured?? Something fishy..
the dad is such a POS. He keeps lying by saying Warmbier was tortured and beaten. The autopsy proved he wasn't.
Also what kind of coma allows him to howl?
I'm sorry for your loss. Its wonderful that you are sharing his story and havent let it consume you.
I watch 2 interviews of otto parents 1st the mom start the story then she always saying my husband is gonna tell you the rest of the story. And he telling exactly the same story from the start to end .like he is telling a story from a book .you guys have to see other interviews.
Bingo!
Does anyone have an update on his family ?? How they are doing ?? My heart aches for them !!
I would cry uncontrollably and sound would be unable to come out of my mouth if I lost my child, especially in this horrific way.
Not hearing, not talking, blind, a huge scar on his foot and brain damage! I believe he was tortured by electric shocks.
Completely heart-breaking😥
If this happened to my son, I would literally go to North Korea and blow up that damn hotel.
@8:01 - "That's a really good question [why didn't you do an autopsy]"
The rationale is pure stupidity.
"Otto had been through enough."
Otto endured severe torture and inhumane acts by a dictator, and you have a chance to effectively use factual scientific methods to prove what they did to your son. Otto had been through everything because he was now dead. By not doing the autopsy, his death was in vane.
We don't know?? As much sympathy as I do have for this family I fail to understand HOW they can not want or need to know the details of his atrocious murder.
Maybe they're going with what they've been told to say by our government for now. I'm shaking my head.
ehlerhog ___ Simple. The Parents, Lawyers & Medical Examiners were either threatened by someone high to keep their mouth shut - OR - they were paid off ... U.S. government took NK to court & maybe No autopsy was part of an agreement ... Everyone knows North Korea's style, they tortured him. Me personally, I'd even go as far to say he died ON North Korean soil & the media is just lying
That has to be really horrible for the parents and siblings to go through, not knowing what your loved one experienced during that time. I feel for them.
Strong people are wise. Not everyone curls up in fetal position and crys like a victim. You have to move forward.
Was torture or was tortured?
Spell Check is free, CNN.
ArthropodSpidey, CNN did not post video, idiot
MsKitty Umm, yes it did. This is CNN’s channel. If you’re trying to imply that the “MsKitty” moniker also means that you have a brain the size of a fur-ball, then congrats.
I feel for these parents loss and hope their continues movement forward for healing and positive rememberers of Otto. To bring closure in Otto life and to end suffering, to see him in that state and lay him to rest is their desire right for what's best for their son. But as a parent who's child has suffered drastic changes over a period of time, and have a totally different mindset when the parents go to get him, now will have to live with the unknown question on what really happened. I have never lost a child at that or any age as of now, but if something would happen (I pray not any time soon), I would want to know what really happened, to prevent possibly letting this happen to anyone else.
The parents are making it seem as if their son did nothing wrong and was the victim of kidnapping and torture lol. Like what?? He did an incredibly illegal action in a very sensitive region and thus faced consequences. If he would've never taken down the banner and followed the rules, he would still be alive just like the others in his group. Every action has a consequence, i feel no remorse for his stupidity.
How come we have never seen the poster?
On Sep 27, 2017 - "The Hamilton County Coroner said on Wednesday her office did not see "any evidence of trauma" to Otto Warmbier's teeth upon his return from North Korea."
Father: "It looked like someone had taken a pair of pliers and rearranged his bottom teeth."
Who is lying, the parents or the coroner? Because someone is!
WAR PROPAGANDA?
The two of you are incredible people!!!!! I can see why Australians and Americans get on so well!!!! You are both so loving, caring, brilliant people. I really really feel for you. You have been through so much. I’m so sorry for you. You are proud of your son. I’m so proud of the two of you. You both spoke so well. Your honesty is brilliant. Thank you so much for being so brave and speaking so magnificently.
Whos australian here?
Family was probably pressured not to get an autopsy. 🤔
Bullcrap, What the Hell kind of parent On Planet Earth WOULDN'T want an Autopsy to Find Out What Happened to their child...????
they sound as if they learned their answers by heart
I just have to say.... I love his parents so much just from what I can see. I hope they can find happiness in life these days :'(
We don’t even know if that was him in the video. You could not clearly see who it was removing that poster. He could’ve been completely set up. It was a very tense time at that time so there’s a little bit of convenience going on with the situation
"good american healthcare"
"Scamming for money"?!! Wow, what a thing to say about your own son!!!
Cris Z I thought that was a very strange way to put a common “childish attempt” to borrow money
Agreed! Wtf was that
Are you a troll or a just at rock bottom IQ?
If you have high E.Q.,
you will sense that something is off in this interview.
Otto would have never known you did an autopsy. So much could have been learned.
I agree no autopsy, they had been thru enough. They are very kind beautiful genuine people.
Something is very strange about the way they're speaking though. I don't know if they're just nervous to be on the news, or what... But it gives me a strange feeling
I truly respect these parents. May God comforts you.
You see how they talk as if it's better that he's dead. Maybe so. Cuz I wouldn't want to live in that condition either. But they have little to say until they show me an autopsy that proves they didn't "put him out of his misery" themselves.
Monstrous. No human being should ever be subjected to such treatment.
This is a long exposition of what I think actually happened.
Otto was definitely set up by the North Korean secret service. Basically they made up the whole mistery with the 5th floor just to be able to eventually accuse a young, reckless, American tourist of stealing a poster which the whole world already knew, is one of the biggest fellonies in North Korea.
Let's use common sense for a second. If the 5th floor had really been off limits and used for surveillance equipment or security staff, so in short sensitive secret inteligence, it would have been impossible for anyone to get to that floor, period and anyone who might have tried, would have ended up in prison instantly. But an online video shows that in 2011 another young guy snicked in and filmed the propaganda posters on this infamous 5th floor, without anyone from the regime saying anything. Do you really think they didn't know he was there filming? I tell you they wanted that guy to show that film, just so that the public knows about this "forbidden" 5th floor and what is there,so they can create context for the future set up of an inocent American. Now let's say that Otto had really tried to pull off this suicidal action, if they cared so much for catching an American doing anything to their holy posters on those walls, he would have been caught on sight, not just caught on a grainy potato quality cctv video that makes it impossible to identify if Otto was there or an alien was there. This proves that North Koreans had been waiting for the right American tourist to frame for this and for the right time to do so. So because they could not catch him on sight, as he was never there, they created the video. Just think about the actual quality of this video. If you start on the premise that the 5th floor is a trap and it is, (but only as a pretext in this case), I bet they actually have state of the art surveillance cameras in each corner to catch anyone wondering around the propaganda posters. Instead, all they show ,is a potato quality, pixelated video which doesn't contain Otto walking away from,or towards any camera, or not even his face, just a shade of a person taking a poster. This just shows that Otto had never been there, because otherwise they could have shown a longer, more detailed video with his entrance, movements, exit and especially his face would have been clear to see. So this 5th floor is a trap in real life, as it physically exists, has the quality surveillance ,but in the case of Otto only really matters from the perspective of their fabricated story. In consequence, because he was not there, there's no quality video and they were forced to make one up, in which you cannot see his face, come one people,think.The Koreans didn't care for the realness or validity of their accusation. Otto was the right age, right mentality of a reckless explorer who decides out of the blue to cut short his trip in China and visit North Korea. The Koreans exploited the fact that he had already done something childish, like taking a tour to North Korea, without any serious preparations and with a dubious company, which they had known for a long time, would eventually bring young Americans, that tick all the boxes for them to be able to hold them accountable for something they never did. Again if North Koreans really wanted to make a solid case against an American, by proving the accusation of ripping posters from the walls of the 5th floor, they would have been able to catch Otto on sight, or second best, get him on camera and a good one this time and nobody would be able to say anything contrary about it. Imagine that this is the state where militia and secret police is literally everywhere, at any given time, as all the people inform about everyone , so an empty, off limits floor is just a trap for our better judgment, an illusion, it is a pretext for the regime to blame the right American for something he/she never did, because everyone else already considers this as an easy to fall in trap for someone as inexperienced like Otto. It is a simple manipulation of the whole world's judgement. You create a pretext for something plausible to happen and then you can accuse exactly and the only one that fits in the already fabricated story . This way, you have already created the grounds for that thing to happen and you just make a fake video and that's it.
Also, it is said that Otto was actually spotted by a hotel staff member, but nobody retained him to question what he was doing, until the during flight check in,for the homecoming. That is because the strategy of how to perfectly frame Otto, had not been sorted out, until the final 2 days of their staying and doing it any time sooner would have given Otto and the USA, time to make a move. I believe that the video which allegedly shows Otto taking down a post, had been fabricated a short time before the moment of their planned departure. Also the fact that they lied to the tourist company about Otto being sick and that being the reason why he can't go back with them, shows that they needed time to coerce, even torture poor Otto, into submission, to later make him admit anything. This was made so that anyone trying to prove Otto not guilty, could not do anything, untill the trial when Otto himself confessed what they instructed him to confess.
The suicide story brought up by those who say he was not tortured, is nonsense as he accepted to look like a coward and say anything they wanted him to say in an effort to stay alive. And in this regard taking his own life is the opposite of what he was trying to do.
But after all Otto should have never gone there in the first place, especially because of the extreme tensions of that moment between North Korea and the USA. At the time when Otto went there, they were constantly bragging about building and testing their first hydrogen bomb and while the world was super alerted about this and against any minimal basic logic, he went there anyway,just to prove he was a brave man, not a boy.
I also believe that from all the information available at the moment, he was depraved of oxygen for long periods of time and was also heavily drugged to stay alive and this way he ended up brain dead. So they did torture him, but not by beating him, cause that would have left scars but destroying him from the inside left no marks on the body. Also they knew that using this kind of torture, the truth of what actually happened would never come to light, because they knew about his religion and that his family would never allow an autopsy.
The regime used him to attack, America, his Church and the CIA for the purpose of their internal propaganda and for possibly mellowing the sanctions against them for the later testing of the hydrogen bomb, by using him as a negotiation leverage. After they got away with the bomb testing they decided to give Otto back but in such a horrifying state, that anyone in the free world would fear their terror. Also it was crucial for them to return Otto alive but incapable of talking, so that they can still say they did not violate human rights and that they can keep the tourism going.
In conclusion this is clear as day, that Otto was killed for being the right person, at the right time, around (not at) the right place. I am 1 month older than Otto, and I was born in a former comunist country of Romania so I have heard a lot about the methods of manipulation and the ugly soviet ways of getting the population into submission, that Ceaușescu used which are similar to the ones used by Kim. So I empathize with the whole situation, that's why I wanted to write my thoughts about it. RIP Otto!
The parents seem not to be in mourning. The mom almost seems to enjoy it. And rearrange teeth with a pair of pliers???? This is the most strange and unnatural interview I ever saw.
I mean I wouldn't be mourning either. I'd be f**king pissed off. You would see very little sadness and pain in my face after some shit like that, you'd only see cold pure hatred. Their son never returned, they sent home a vegetable! I'd be mad!
RIP Otto
I’m heartbroken for him and his parents this is horrible 😭
He was not tortured. He was unresponsive after the sentencing. He tried to kill himself after he got the 15 year sentence and so Korea sent him back to america. He died because of a failed suicide attempt. It was already confirmed he wasnt tortured at all.
They were scared to get a autopsy