   NEARLY 1 1/2 YEARS           
   BEHIND BARS.                 
   GABE GUT AIR EASY HAS        
   DETAILS.                     
   >> PLEASE THINK OF MY        
   FAMILY.                      
   >> Reporter: OTTO            
   WARMBIER WAS JUST 22         
   WHEN HE SUDDENLY             
   ARRIVED FROM NORTH           
   KOREA IN A COMA.             
   LATE TODAY HIS FAMILY        
   CONFIRMED HE WOULD           
   NEVER WAKE UP.               
   HIS FAMILY NOW SAYS          
   THE AWFUL TORTUROUS          
   MISTREATMENT OUR SON         
   RECEIVED AT THE HANDS        
   OF THE NORTH KOREANS         
   ENSURED THAT NO OTHER        
   OUTCOME WAS POSSIBLE         
   BEYOND THE SAD ONE           
   THAT WE EXPERIENCED          
   TODAY.                       
   >> BAD THINGS                
   HAPPENED, BUT AT LEAST       
   WE GOT HIM HOME TO BE        
   WITH HIS PARENTS WHERE       
   THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO        
   SEE HIM EVEN THOUGH HE       
   WAS IN VERY TOUGH            
   CONDITION.                   
   IT'S A BRUTAL REGIME,        
   AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO         
   HANDLE IT.                   
   >> Reporter: LAST WEEK       
   WARMBIER'S FATHER            
   SPOKE TO REPORTERS IN        
   THE SAME JACKET HIS          
   SON WORE WHEN HE             
   BEGGED FOR HIS               
   FREEDOM.                     
   >> PLEASE SAVE MY            
   LIFE.                        
   >> I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE        
   HOME.                        
   YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT         
   GUY.                         
   >> Reporter: A STUDENT       
   AT THE UNIVERSITY OF         
   VIRGINIA, WARMBIER HAD       
   BEEN ON A TOUR THE           
   SECRETIVE COUNTRY WHEN       
   IN JANUARY OF 2016 HE        
   WAS JAILED FOR               
   STEALING A PROPAGANDA        
   POSTER AND SENTENCED         
   TO HARD LABOR.               
   HE FINALLY RETURNED TO       
   HIS HOME STATE OF            
   OHIO.                        
   >> HIS NEUROLOGICAL          
   CONDITION CAN BE BEST        
   DESCRIBED AS A STATE         
   OF UNRESPONSIVE              
   WAKEFULNESS.                 
   >> Reporter: NORTH           
   KOREA CLAIMS WARMBIER        
   CONTRACTED BOTULISM          
   THEN SLIPPED INTO AN         
   UNCONSCIOUS STATE            
   AFTER TAKING A               
   SLEEPING PILL.               
   >> EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE       
   THEIR EXPLANATION OF         
   BOTULISM AND A               
   SLEEPING PILL CAUSING        
   THE COMA -- AND WE           
   DON'T -- THERE IS NO         
   EXCUSE FOR ANY               
   CIVILIZED NATION TO          
   HAVE KEPT HIS                
   CONDITION SECRET.            
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT         
   HIS DEATH IS STILL A         
   MYSTERY, BUT THE             
                                
