It's our first look inside the government plane
as President Trump and the First Lady
welcomed home the three Americans.
Trump, with Melania at his side,
boarded the jet at 3:00 a.m.
after the grueling 14 hour flight from North Korea.
(crowd cheers and applauds)
But it was a bittersweet moment
for the family of Otto Warmbier,
the 22 year old college student from Ohio
whose homecoming last June was very different.
He was returned to America in a virtual vegetative state
after 17 months in a North Korean jail.
His crime, stealing a propaganda poster.
Please.
I have made the worst mistake of my life.
Otto died six days after his return.
The President took a moment Thursday to remember Otto
and paid tribute to his devastated parents.
I want to pay my warmest respects
to the parents of Otto Warmbier
who was a great young man who really suffered.
Now, Cindy and Fred Warmbier
are reacting to the release of the three Americans.
"We miss Otto," they said in a statement.
"We are happy for the hostages and their families."
(crowd cheers and applauds)
(dramatic theme music)
