I am sitting in Phoenix Airport trying not to start balling. CNN just reported that Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been sentenced to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp for the "hostile act" of crossing over the Chinese border into North Korea. Was I being too optimistic thinking that this would all end well? Did my glass half-full side delude me into thinking that the superhero trio of Al Gore, Hillary Clinton and some kick ass special envoy like Richard Holbrook would swoop in and use super diplomacy to get them freed?
What would you do if your child or someone you loved was sentenced to 12 years in a labor camp thousands of miles away? How could you bear to open your eyes, breath in air or process thoughts knowing that you’ve exercised every conceivable option to then be handed the worst possible news? I am still hopeful something can be done. My prayers go out to both of their families.
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