Being blindfolded, was very scared, because you can't really see anything. But when someone snatched out the blindboard, and i was looking at a prison cell, that just told me that everything is going to the opposite direction that i wished to go. And they put laura and i into two different cells. In there, there was a nothing, nothing but myself. I was there for two nights, but it was along to night. Everything was like youre,. You travelled time much in two 19 fori you see, you said me that you were retaining some hope, you know, maybe well, be ok, maybe they'll let us,maybe they'll set us
Korean-American journalist Euna Lee was captured by North Korean soldiers in 2009, and forced into captivity for 140 days. While Euna’s time in North Korea was harrowing, there was one aspect of her experience that surprised her and challenged some long-held beliefs she had about 'the enemy.'
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