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Very sad and really can not possible think what happened to him. Tests show no sign off virus, mri shows no trauma, doctors think a serious respiratory deprivation of the brain caused by a medical event such as a heart attack caused it but no suggestion as to how. The fact t happened and he "came back" from he dead so to speak suggests to me it happened in a controlled medical setting, possibly due to experiments and other things which don't care thinking about.
Or, could it have been caused by a stroke or blood clot? There are reports these camps employ torture techniques commonly involving putting someone in an awfully small cage or cell/hole. Talking about contortionist sized things here. They put u in for hours or even days to mess up your blood flow. Often people need links amputating after and many have strokes. When they take you out, they then abruptly stretch your limps out to make it worse. Could impaired circulation have caused a stroke or heart attack - or could simply have been left in such a position for hours or days meant his brain was slowly starved until he became a vegetable and no one noticed until they took him out and it was like "damn"
I think the latter cud be it, having read about these camps.
What is a mystery though is why him? Every other overseas prisoner in Korea bar Kenneth bae mentioned pretty cushy treatment (and even in Kenneth's case no torture). So what was this all about? Was it to do with escalating tensions in the world at the time? Did he say or do something?
Either way really sad and horrific. Seemed a good kid with a good future and family. Re those calling him stupid, I've done a lot of travelling around east Asia and there are plenty of orgnIsed trips to NK and 99% nothing happens and in fact people talk of the hospitality (they don't show u the real country, it's like being on a film set) and how incredibly safe it therefore is. I can not assume some sort of complacency as a result led l him taking a risk - but I did far dumber things than that when I was in Asia and in pretty sure all u guys judging effed up before to. In no way does it mean he deserved any of this. I know it makes u all feel better to laugh at others stupidity tho. Probably makes you feel smarter about your own life.
Or, could it have been caused by a stroke or blood clot? There are reports these camps employ torture techniques commonly involving putting someone in an awfully small cage or cell/hole. Talking about contortionist sized things here. They put u in for hours or even days to mess up your blood flow. Often people need links amputating after and many have strokes. When they take you out, they then abruptly stretch your limps out to make it worse. Could impaired circulation have caused a stroke or heart attack - or could simply have been left in such a position for hours or days meant his brain was slowly starved until he became a vegetable and no one noticed until they took him out and it was like "damn"
I think the latter cud be it, having read about these camps.
What is a mystery though is why him? Every other overseas prisoner in Korea bar Kenneth bae mentioned pretty cushy treatment (and even in Kenneth's case no torture). So what was this all about? Was it to do with escalating tensions in the world at the time? Did he say or do something?
Either way really sad and horrific. Seemed a good kid with a good future and family. Re those calling him stupid, I've done a lot of travelling around east Asia and there are plenty of orgnIsed trips to NK and 99% nothing happens and in fact people talk of the hospitality (they don't show u the real country, it's like being on a film set) and how incredibly safe it therefore is. I can not assume some sort of complacency as a result led l him taking a risk - but I did far dumber things than that when I was in Asia and in pretty sure all u guys judging effed up before to. In no way does it mean he deserved any of this. I know it makes u all feel better to laugh at others stupidity tho. Probably makes you feel smarter about your own life.
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