"100 forty days was a long time for this four year old girl. And when hannah hetched them to come to me, it really ached my heart," she says of reuniting with her family. "I've watched the footid on you to basically unloop o wich. You're getting off the flight, and you reunite with michael and hannah." 'When we remember everybody and hug each other, and the, you know, that's what i was bat i expected'
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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