Thousands gathered at Otto Warmbier’s alma mater in Wyoming, Ohio, on Thursday to pay respects to the 22-year-old who died last week after returning from 17 months of imprisonment in North Korea.
Around 2,500 well-wishers lined up outside Wyoming High School’s arts center for the service, which was conducted by a rabbi and lasted about 45 minutes.
Among the speakers at the funeral were Warmbier’s brother, Austin, his sister, Greta, and some of his friends, according to the funeral program.
Us Ambassador Joseph Yun, the special representative for North Korea policy who helped secure Warmbier’s release, was also in attendance.
Around 2,500 well-wishers lined up outside Wyoming High School’s arts center for the service, which was conducted by a rabbi and lasted about 45 minutes.
Among the speakers at the funeral were Warmbier’s brother, Austin, his sister, Greta, and some of his friends, according to the funeral program.
Us Ambassador Joseph Yun, the special representative for North Korea policy who helped secure Warmbier’s release, was also in attendance.
- 6/22/2017
- by Erin Hill
- PEOPLE.com
Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old college student who was released from imprisonment in North Korea in a coma, has died, his family said Monday.
“It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died today at 2:20 p.m.,” the statement read.
“It would be easy at a moment like this to focus on all that we lost — future time that won’t be spent with a warm, engaging, brilliant young man whose curiosity and enthusiasm for life knew no bounds,” the statement continued. “But we choose...
“It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died today at 2:20 p.m.,” the statement read.
“It would be easy at a moment like this to focus on all that we lost — future time that won’t be spent with a warm, engaging, brilliant young man whose curiosity and enthusiasm for life knew no bounds,” the statement continued. “But we choose...
- 6/19/2017
- by Erin Hill
- PEOPLE.com
University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who was detained by North Korea for alleged anti-state acts, was released on Tuesday just over a year into his 15-year sentence.
The University of Virginia student was sentenced to 15 years of prison and hard labor for allegedly stealing a political propaganda poster from his Pyongyang hotel.
He returned home to Ohio on Tuesday in a coma after being “brutalized and terrorized by the pariah regime,” his family said in a statement.
Here are five things to know about the 22-year-old.
Who is Otto Warmbier?
Warmbier was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and...
The University of Virginia student was sentenced to 15 years of prison and hard labor for allegedly stealing a political propaganda poster from his Pyongyang hotel.
He returned home to Ohio on Tuesday in a coma after being “brutalized and terrorized by the pariah regime,” his family said in a statement.
Here are five things to know about the 22-year-old.
Who is Otto Warmbier?
Warmbier was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and...
- 6/14/2017
- by Erin Hill
- PEOPLE.com
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