U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican from the Cincinnati area, told the throng of reporters stationed outside that Warmbier was "an unbelievable young man" from a resilient family and that North Korea must be held accountable for what happened to the 22-year-old University of Virginia student, who died Monday.
Warmbier's treatment by the reclusive North Korean regime sparked strong condemnation in Washington, and inflamed already high tensions stoked by Pyongyang's atomic tests and missile launches.
"We have no certifiable knowledge of the cause or circumstances of his neurological injuries", Dr. Daniel Kanter, professor of neurology and director of the Neurocritical Care Program, said during a press conference upon Warmbier's arrival in the United States. Warmbier was to be buried at a Cincinnati cemetery.
Alex Vagonis spoke about him at a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening on the University of Virginia campus that was attended by other students and university faculty. "When you realize he's Jewish, you realize how ridiculous that claim is".
The statement issued by North Korea's foreign ministry was aimed at defending the hermit nation against the accusation of torturing Otto Warmbier. His mother is Jewish, but the family is not observant, according to Bergman.
Warmbier hailed from Portman's hometown of Wyoming, Ohio.
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them", it said.
Warmbier, 22, died in a U.S. hospital after North Korea released him for "humanitarian reasons".
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Warmbier's family objected to an autopsy, leaving his official cause of death a mystery.
Otto Warmbier died days after his release from North Korea.
"I was just so happy to see the kid released", Rodman said. He died Monday at a Cincinnati hospital. Two months later, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, accused of committing a "hostile act" by trying to steal a political poster from his hotel in Pyongyang, the capital.
Volo said they hope to meet with the family but have been told "it just couldn't happen".
A separate KCNA article published hours earlier criticised South Korea for using Warmbier's case to seek the release of other detainees, including six South Korean citizens.
Pyongyang's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper said the U.S. president was in a "tough situation" at home and added he was toying with the idea of a preemptive strike on North Korea to divert attention from a domestic political crisis.
Trump had previously backed off much of his combative language toward China in the early months of his administration in an apparent attempt to gain China's help on North Korea.
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