What a book! I couldn't put it down. To imagine that this really happened is just crazy and scary at the same time. Laura Ling and Euna Lee stepped onto North Korea's soil for just a few min and were captured and held for 5 long months. I just couldn't imagine being in Laura's, or Euna's shoes. They never intended to go into North Korea but like any journalist, they were trying to get their story. They wanted to show what defectors go through and give them a voice on what they dealt with on a day to day basis. Euna Lee has a book coming out on September 28th. I'm hoping to get that book to read too. Euna and Laura were seperated once they were taken into their compound in Pyongyang. Lisa Ling, (she is Laura's sister) is one of my favorite journalists from her days at National Geographic and at The View, helped make connections to those high political figures that could help the girls get home.
5 months later in August of 2009, Euna Lee and Laura Ling are finally getting off the plane in the US, overcome with happiness.
Lisa (left) and Laura (right)
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