Mate, he had his life taken away after being accused of taking a fucking POSTER of the wall which they have no evidence it was even him in the first place!
Rule number 5: Don't go to Mainland Communist Red China. What are you dumb? I wouldn't go to any Communist Nation till things change and Communism is whipped off the Earth completely.
madden8021 I hope you not referring to me dummy Because I grew up in a communist country until I was 12 in Easter Europe So numb nuts choose you words wisely to who you talking to . Good night cheesecake and don’t troll the internet and start running your mouth with insults .
I feel really bad for his roommate. A seemingly funny joke (even Otto laughed) that has weighed on him. Even after Otto’s passing, I know he’s haunted by it.
It reminds me of The Day The Music Died. Waylon Jennings made a joke to Buddy Holly. Buddy had joked that he hoped Waylon’s bus crashed, and Waylon joked back about the plane. He never fully forgave himself.
From what I’ve heard, by a Canadian woman who was with him, he was never on the 5th floor. He wasn’t even at the hotel during the time stamp on the video, so for those who are making fun of a dead person who happened to die a horrific death and who’s parents have to live with this horror, please check your conscience. Your behavior is repulsive and heartless.
If he was in a different country and the only proof against him was a 240 P video tape...he would be out with us doing well.But this regim is out of control..
He is the victim of a very corrupt country. Seems more like you are a sociopath if you think it's hard to feel sorry for him being tortured for something as meaningless as taking down a poster. The guy was adventurous and wanted to adventure to places few people see. I guess it's easy to judge others when you choose to remain in your tiny little bubble behind a keyboard.
Okay, first of all, my comment was on what the woman at the beginning of the video said, but since you went there, let's go there then. If I come to your country and find that it's illegal to (for whatever reason) have sex and that having sex would be an offense that was punishable by death, you would NOT see me in the streets trying to hit on women or pick up prostitutes. Now, to you, it may seem like tearing a poster was meaningless, but in NK, they would beg to differ. Is it a stupid and somewhat unfairly strict law? Yes, it is, but when you visit ANY foreign country, aren't you expected to abide by said country's laws, irrespective of what you thought of them?? I'm sorry he died, but kid STILL made a VERY stupid decision in the worst place imaginable that he could!!
@@cocogoat1111you saw the video. The woman said it's not just a poster it has their leader on it that makes it treason. You can't go to the White House and steal a picture of the president and not be jailed for it.
no one can clearly see who's on that surveillance tape. It's like they just picked a random American to blame and it sucks that Otto most likely went through SO MUCH while in North Korea's hands for something he most likely didn't even do. RIP Otto💗
Young Americans dont have the discipline like nk..and it starts even when they are children..they are protected by us laws..that makes them mostly spoiled..nk is different country and more severe on punishment..which young americans donot know..
Otto was Jewish, and they are a protected class in America. They are above criticism, so when they travel this arrogance follows. Best Korea brought him a reality check.
Otto must have been SO terrified, my heart breaks for him. He didnt deserve to die. This needs to be a lesson to EVERYONE you need to take other cultures and country rules seriously.
Yeah, there's no reason whatsoever to ever set your foot in that country. If they'll ever get "liberated", like DDR, the horrors of what's been going on there will stun the world. Apparently there's a blooming black market for human meat, people disappearing at a regular basis, ending up at the plates of their fellow citizens...no joke.
I visited only 2 weeks ago.. just follow the rules, i had an american in my Group, its not like they try to tell you here, very Nice people, just obey some simple rules!
Don't be an arrogant self-entitled college boy who thinks stealing a DPRK propaganda banner would get you accepted into your university fraternity. Because it's obviously not worth the risk.
There are two kinds of people in this world. People who think that his death was unfair and unjust and refused to blame him in anyway, and the people who don’t. That’s it.
Rich The citizens aren’t the issue. They are being deprived of their basic human rights too. They are innocent in this. It’s the government who’s evil and at fault.
I don’t think it was even physical torture, his face isn’t even showing any signs of physical torture. Maybe it was brainwashing. He sure was acting like any one of those coo-coo brained north Koreans just two weeks after his arrest.
Two or three weeks after his arrest he sounded just like any other crazy North Korean. Like he had been living there his whole life and “was even ashamed of his behavior.” 😦
I honestly think he was set up. I can’t even tell that it’s him from that unclear, grainy camera footage. His confession also clearly seems memorized or just not convincing enough!
Maya Rae, we all know North Korea is a shitty country but the guy what was he expecting breaking the law.... out of all the tourist why did he got picked, the reason for him getting picked might had been silly but you going for tracking at a well known dangerous forest and trying to act adventurous by violating the instruction... what do you expect would happen???
I can’t imagine the absolute torture it must be to see your child in this way, my god, he’s not my son and ive never met him but it breaks my heart to see this young boy living this nightmare
Yvonne Schwartz : Sometimes your children are confident that they can meet any foe and survive, reality is brutal teacher, if I have learned one thing in my 64 years it’s this: Never underestimate the power of denial.
@@yvonneschwartz3929 He was an adult and also he went with a group of friends. All the others returned home safetly. I'm confident he did do something to offend. Still, he didn't deserve to be turned into a vegetable.
This story is absolutely horrifying, however it delivers a tough but important lesson to learn for people who are blessed to be born and raised in very humanistic societies: not all the world works the same as your countries. There are dangers in the world which cannot be stopped by a lawyer or money. People from the West should realize this and learn to keep safe and reasonable. Otto’s fate could happen to anyone of that tour group. There are lands which should absolutely not be treated as an exotic vacation. Obligatory personal anecdote: I worked at a hostel in Moscow for some time, guests were mostly foreigners. The amount of American college kids doing the “Vodka train” tours, for whom it was clearly their first time abroad, was seriously concerning for me. No doubt they were sold this whole thing as a “fun vacation” by the aggressive marketing in the US, while in reality the long-distance trains in Russia are often dangerous to be at (predatory drunks with knives and desperate for money are a fairly common occurence), and NO ONE speaks English on them, they’re full of undereducated village folk who still believe USSR was great and America is ruled by evil reptilians. I don’t want to imagine what could happen to a foreign 18 year old on that train, especially with alcohol involved. Money-hungry tour sellers who purposefully omit full information on risks in order to sell more tickets are an evil by themselves.
lol so you are saying USA is ''humanistic'' society with serial killers lurking everywhere and where you can't even walk a parrot at broad day light, not even mention nights?srsly... And why are long-distance trains in Russia dangerous? the most beautiful experience are those trains and friendly people you meet along the way. Are you talking about USA trains maybe where everyone holds guns and knives? seriously what stupid prejudices people from America have and spread about other countries. Shame on yourself. and YEAH - USSR WAS GREAT, and people were much safer than in such ''deRmocratic'' society packed with crimes and capitalistic manipulators. Better learn something about world for real instead of listening to USA propaganda (from where you are probably) about other parts of the world and Russia especially since amounts of lies about USSR and RUssia that USA has been producing over the years is unbelieveably horrific.
Wait a minute?? THAT CAN'T BE HIM STEALING THAT POSTER!!!! Look at how tall he is. 4:24 , Now look at the video where they show SOMEBODY taking down the poster , 5:51 Not so tall, Listen to his confession, I do not know this guy but I would guess by his tone of voice and what he was saying certainly did not come from him. SO SAD!!!! RIP OTTO
We would never think of getting "punished" for doing this in America or other civil countries. You don't mess with a country's laws like those of N. Korea!
@thatgirllNancyy or because the states would annihilation NK with out the help or Russia and China and thise two countries wont have NKs back if they through the first stone. Also they might not even have the technical capabilities to launch a nuke towards us. Would be best to strike South Korea or Japan since they're right there and even so still wont be good as the US will come to defend those two countries.
For years I was under the impression that Otto tried to take that poster, but I just rewatched this story again and I am CERTAIN that it wasn't even Otto on the surveillance video! Like, how did I not see it before!? This is so clear, intuitively too, it's not Otto in the video. It was a set up indeed.
Do you know how many people travel to North Korea and are fine? It is very few tourists who are detained, and it is usually because they break the rules in some way.
@@sakakkskskskakkska4313 "he's white, his first language is English, white should have perfect English". Also, I've heard no grammatical error in the speech.
He needed to exert effort when he’s confessing. Remember not all those people infront of him can understand what he’s saying even though there’s an interpreter. He needed to let them feel his sorry
@@bobongbongbong1918 TBH if I was humans I'd don't do it I wouldn't say shit. The video is so bad I wouldn't think it was him. At the end of the day confession or not they weren't gonna give him any type of slap on the wrist and he was gonna be guilty when they kept him all of his friends should have known he was gonna die. Like seriously why would you ever go to a country like that?
@@bobongbongbong1918 A genuine expression of remorse and sorrow wouldn't require "exerting effort". Do you believe the words you typed? See my comment: dude was an Israeli dual-citizen, working for Mossad.
@@rms1493 It would be hard to feel sorry for doing something that in Western civilization would hardly warrant a fine. All he did was remove a poster and he didn't even take it with him - he left it there. How could he genuinely feel sorry for that harmless act? He could cry about his misfortune and the scary situation he was in...but definitely not for what he did.
He could have taken a picture of the poster instead of trying to take the poster ! That was wrong and a terrible violation ! Here in America when I was young and lived with my mother , we were robbed 4 TIMES ! They were Hispanic and on heroin ! All different people but Puerto Rican anyway ! I was sad and angry and i hated these violators to a point that at 12 years old I got a job off the books after school but at age 14 I was able to work legally because my boss helped me get my working papers but now I was being robbed again ! I was saving all my money to help my mother move out of that drug infested neighborhood that had once been so safe and beautiful ! I was also saving for college but I was now bringing home less money because now I was being robbed by the government with taxes ! That was MY MONEY ! I EARNED IT ! So I began to see the truth about America ! It is corrupt ! So I understand how angry the North Korean government felt ! How dare Otto go there and think he is so damn special and try to take something THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HIM ! I do not feel that the family should have been compensated because their son was trying to commit a thief ! I live in America and not once did I ever have a class on being prim and proper AND NOT STEAL ! After JFK screwed the school system the schools became violent and dangerous ! Students here in America MUST BE GIVEN AN HOUR DAILY ON HOW TO BEHAVE , Instead of useless gym classes ! Also the students graduated and the majority don’t know what to do with their lives because they weren’t taught financing nor investments nor real estate nor the stock market ! They are not even encouraged to become doctor lawyers policemen and so forth ! American schools just spit out students with no logic reason and no common sense ! I don’t mean any did respect but the truth is that OTTO WAS WRONG ! He knew the rules and didn’t obey them ! He should NOT have gone to the fifth floor to begin with ! His companions should have been punished too for having the nerve to break the rules and going to the fifth floor but at least they did not try to steal anything ! So sad that people don’t obey rules ! 😔😔😔😢😢😢
"He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice..." (from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska; partial record 1146)
@@wlos4029 I’m sure Otto was more cultured and well versed on North Korean culture than you could ever be hahaha Some people don’t want to just get drunk in a tourist resort on an artificial beach; I think going to NK would be fascinating, as long as you act right
@@clamcrewcarclub6017 Evidently he wasn't. Don't mess with a poster of a person whose citizens considers to be a demigod on a private floor meant for personnel only.
Even now, I become sick to my stomach when I think of the condition he was in when he was returned to the US. North Korea murdered him. I know young people are curious, but please stay away from this place because there are really no rules there.
@@cuban_flow5782 He was released, but died soon afterward. The conditions in North Korea are absolutely terrible, and he died at I believe the university of Cincinnatis medical center.
I will make sure if I am living my great grandchildren never want to to visit or go near this evil hell on earth .I hope they get what they ALL deserve ....it's like we do as we please and nobody can touch us or do anything about it ..I feel so sorry for the people who are born and live there..
It’s really odd that the full surveillance video shown at his trial is never shown. The full 48 second video is available on some European sites using a VPN. Global news shows the full surveillance of OW walking the length of hall, twice.
otto was from the same city as me. heck. he used be on the same swim team i'm on now. when he came back and died, my entire town tied blue and white ribbons around anything they could find. it was chilling
Blue and white are Israeli colors. No surprise, there. He was an agent of Mossad, meddling in a foreign land, whilst representing his generous host nation.
Have you watched the entire thing? It's really disturbing. One of my favorite lines was the one they showed, "I should not have allowed myself to be allured by the US Administration". Clearly the statement was written by someone with a poor grasp of English grammar.
*_Cringiest N. Korean attempts at engrish dialogue:_* "I intentionally packed my quietest boots, the best for sneaking, I knew that I would wear them during my crime commitment" "I informed my mother very little of my crime-attempt offer" "The Friendship United Methodist church gave me my crime-task" "In order to know more about slogans in the DPR Korea I did an internet Google search with the keywords 'north korea slogan''" "I hope that clearly explains the details of my crime-procedure" "never NEVER allow yourselves to be allured by the United States administration" "Reality in the DPR Korea is very different from the state of evils that the west tagged" *_Stupidest N. Korean fallacies in logic:_* "I stole street signs for practice and kept them under my bed" "[the poster] was much bigger and heavier than I had expected. I became very scared and I realized I could not take the slogan." "By taking this slogan we will weaken the unity and motivation of the North Korean people" "Friendship United Methodist church's official bank account statement with 42 million dollars... the United States has very close ties with this church... around 2-3% of Barrack Obama's total election cost was collected from this church" "The CIA, which is closely linked with the Z society" "I have been very impressed with the Korean government's humanitarian treatment of severe criminals like myself and of their very fair-and-square legal procedures in the DPR Korea" (he says this word-for-word twice) "I am a victim of the United States administration's consistent hostile policies against the DPR Korea"
@@nspreacts he suffered from a seizure due to trauma in north korea, thats when they decided to send him back to the U.S. he died days after his arrival in the U.S.
He also fucked up big time by tempting fate and in doing so it cost him dearly due to ignorance and arrogance. No sympathy for otto but for hia family becauae they lost a family member due to his own idiocy.
Solid point... Can't go everywhere in this world , unfortunate but you can't. He'll, I don't go into certain areas in my own country. If the intrigue of visiting a enemy of your home nation is so important than you need to be prepared for the worst. It was like those individuals trying to go to Iran or some place. They thought oh, we will be fine. All lost their head's.
ryan19554 the fact remains he had no business in North Korea. North Korea is known for harsh treatment against Americans. It's not the first time that American been arrested before and probably won't be the last. The truth of the matter is no one wants a war with North Korea.
I didnt say he had any business being there. I just find it funny that people automatically believe North Korea when their entire nation is built on hollow lies. If you start digging into this, being 2 months after UN Sanctions. It was most likely a set-up
In his second trail, he seemed staggered, stumbling and senseless with his head down as he was being carried off by the soldier which is suspicious. Feels as if he is being drugged/starved or maybe tortured beyond that. Don't know, just my opinion.
It's more like simple sleep depravation, whether intentionally done by the North Koreans or Warmbier couldn't get himself enough sleep for obvious reasons.
Nova Xo Otto wasn’t justified for what he did because he broke a law, nor is North Korea. Otto was innocent until convicted of his charge, so you’d expect for nothing bad to happen to him as apart of that. Unfortunately, he was given sleeping pills, contracted a disease called botulism, fell into a coma, possibly starved, and eventually he died from a injury possibly caused by lack of oxygen. To be a prison from another country and you’re being treated the same or worse than a terrorist is insane. He shouldn’t have been in that condition anyways because he didn’t even SERVE HIS SENTENCE, so it goes to show that the torture probably started before his trial while he was innocent.
He didn't steal anything! He just did what North Korea sets as a trap to acuse any American visitor. He broke a stupid rule of entering the floor that was prohibited. The poster is just an excuse! People say he deserves it to make others angry! What people are really saying that is true, is, Why he went there? Why if you already go to visit hell you brake the only rule they have? The answer is, because when people are young and ignorant, they do not fear the world! His real mistake was to go to the only country in the world where there are no human rights and his second mistake is to behave like an American in any other country thinking there are not laws or they won't apply to you for being well, American!
@@knightrider3766 People should have good heart... How much depressed ppl are... this comment section is so stinky... People are telling he deserved death penalty.... If the same happens to their kids... they will understand.... Irrespective of the past.. People should have a good heart
Otto deserved none of this. He was loyal to the government, he didn’t leave his tour group, and he respected the rules and laws of North Korea. If one were to visit that country. They should not disrespect the Kim Dynasty or the government
The scripted confession was full of crap. Otto was stealing the poster to put in his church in USA. Every American church is waiting to hang stolen N Korean posters on their walls.
@@user-pl3lm5dn5c you're really messed up, if you believe that.. that's like saying anyone not staying on the safe path all the time deserves to die north korea is surely an interesting country to visit and since there is so much mystery around it, you can't blame someone for wanting to see it with their own eyes
@@dorianwinkelmuller1855 the US government doesn't want it's citizens to go to NK there are no direct flights from America to NK because the government doesn't want you to go there. He wanted adventure and traveled to China and then took a plane to NK. It is his fault.
@@heatherann5085 A arrested US citizen, a potential HIGHLY important negotiation card. They held on and held on, hoping he could get healthy enough to be kept in jail until he could be used. They did in the end see that he didn't got better, just worse and worse, and needed to let him go while still alive. Sad story. Bad luck. Think of the thousands of US citizen that dies when on travel for different reasons. We never hear a word about 99% of them.
It's a sad situation of course, to have lost a child, in any situation. It's also kind of 'sad' and strange all this hipe around 1 US kid dying after been in arrest in NK. Get's like x10 more attention than the ten's of thousands US kids dying in accidents, from drugs, suicide and so on every year, combined.
Me too, that would be so terrifying not knowing how your son was doing, whether or not he was still alive, or where he was! Also, him returning in that state!
I was a infantry special ops US Marine at the time this came across the news my unit was ready an willing to go over their and bring pure Hell apon his captors after his death. We all wanted revenge and still do. They will pay one day. RIP Otto your story is not forgotten and you are not forgotten.
It's astonishing how many people are blaming this kid for being brutally murdered by a corrupt dictator. His immaturity cost him his life? No. The reality is that this Korean regime could have picked any American at random and killed them, framing them for whatever crime it felt like. And now even our despicable president is failing to take the side of our own citizen who was brutally detained and murdered.
@P for Potato_77 what rule did he break? Do you really believe he tore down a poster? In any actual fair trial there would have been insufficient evidence to establish that.
One, he did something wrong because those posters aren’t even allowed for anyone to take them out, and yes, he deserves that! When he becomes an elder in 15-years, they would probably kill him til then
It's not just one poster, and he trespassed into a no-go zone. It's like walking around in Area 51 and stealing stuff. How do you think that will go for you when they catch you? Not much differently, let me tell you.
@Guy Maybe we need more people to stop talking about this country as if it is that mysterious or seductive. Torturing people for real and not having human rights is not a horror movie that is fun, it is real hell and should be treated as such in any information we spread regarding this country!
Otto was stupid. I don't want to disrespect the dead but who doesn't know what north korea does to their own. Why even go there? Go join the white helmets and actually help people if you have such a "playing with fire" mentality. At least you would die content if something happens.
Where's the proof that he actually did it? That black, hooded figure in the grainy video is about a foot shorter than Warmbier. Do you think it was him because he "confessed?!" They threatened his life. And guess what? Even though he played along and confessed to a crime he didn't commit, they still murdered him.
I been to North Korea they always watching you even The United States altered the cameras so they can tell you that North Korea is wrong but it is him because of his body and his body features. He has the same body features as the person in the camera. I been to North Korea they always watching you even though you doesn't know it. When you get off the plane they are watching you. I been there 3 times for vacation. You can't walk around without someone is with you from North Korea. They are nice people but don't break the law I really know because they will first give you a warning and you fuck up again your ass is grass
Exactly. This kid had no idea what he was dealing with. He was totally insulated from reality. Having fun and partying. If something in North Korea is forbidden, you do not go there! If they say dont take a picture of this or that then do not take a picture. These kids were so incredibly naive. Otto was complaining about the food and saying how strange the country was. I would assume that there were microphones and cameras everywhere!
Don't break laws in foreign countries. Your American rights don't travel with you.
How do you know he did it
That's exactly what I thought!
Just follow rules... no harm no foul.
Exactly, these idiots think they can do whatever they want in a foreign country just because their american pah
Mate, he had his life taken away after being accused of taking a fucking POSTER of the wall which they have no evidence it was even him in the first place!
Rule number 1 don’t go to North Korea.
Rule number 2 repeat it to yourself
Rule number 3 remember rule number 1
and finally,rule number 4: DON'T GO TO FIFTH FLOOR.
I will remember it till i die😔
Rule number 5: Don't go to Mainland Communist Red China. What are you dumb? I wouldn't go to any Communist Nation till things change and Communism is whipped off the Earth completely.
madden8021
I hope you not referring to me dummy
Because I grew up in a communist country until I was 12 in Easter Europe
So numb nuts choose you words wisely to who you talking to .
Good night cheesecake and don’t troll the internet and start running your mouth with insults .
Fuck communism
I feel really bad for his roommate. A seemingly funny joke (even Otto laughed) that has weighed on him. Even after Otto’s passing, I know he’s haunted by it.
It reminds me of The Day The Music Died. Waylon Jennings made a joke to Buddy Holly. Buddy had joked that he hoped Waylon’s bus crashed, and Waylon joked back about the plane. He never fully forgave himself.
Screw them both. Stay home, americans
A wise man said” don’t go to a place where you’re not welcomed
Shame on you China for handing back the people who managed to escape North Korea shame on you
Malcolm Allerton I like how you say that to a communist country. “Shame on you” very laughable comment for a communist state
China's sorry, they told me.
@@nslozzup1182 sure they did
Malcolm Allerton becasue they illegally entered their country
Shame on you America for deporting Mexican back, Shame on You
“Don’t go to the fifth floor”
“So this is us on the fifth floor”
People who are overly- privileged feel deprived by such a restriction and that is when self-righteousness comes into play...
Wtf is happening in this comment section....
*people aren't required to feel sorry for this dope just because you do, Mayumi*
@@ieattofu68smh..
@@Gabbie44 would you have gone on the 5th floor? That's where the "privilege" narrative came from.
From what I’ve heard, by a Canadian woman who was with him, he was never on the 5th floor. He wasn’t even at the hotel during the time stamp on the video, so for those who are making fun of a dead person who happened to die a horrific death and who’s parents have to live with this horror, please check your conscience. Your behavior is repulsive and heartless.
If you heard it, it must be true
@@KingOfParrots well, she is an eyewitness, so…
@@ItsTheLittleThingsInLife1111 I’m sure she is
@@KingOfParrots ok, just so you’re sure, Mr. Suremore.
ive watched documentaries about this case, how come was that never mentioned?
He died painfully and tragically, Mr Otto rest in peace ♥️ he did not deserve this, no one does.
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No one deserves to die like that but that is natural selection in practice.
He did. 1000% he meant harm upon Korea.
Him saying "Shouldn't allowed myself to be allured by the US administration" was proof enough he was forced to give that confession.
@strelacxxx no proof it was him. Bad security footage.
If he was in a different country and the only proof against him was a 240 P video tape...he would be out with us doing well.But this regim is out of control..
@@Slippery413 So there’s no proof it was him, but there is “proof” he was killed? Fucking double standards.
@cringe moment I don’t have to imagine it, I already do.
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'Let's go have fun in North Korea'' Said nobody, ever in the history of anywhere!
I know, right! This guy had no common sense. It's hard to feel sorry for him.
He is the victim of a very corrupt country. Seems more like you are a sociopath if you think it's hard to feel sorry for him being tortured for something as meaningless as taking down a poster. The guy was adventurous and wanted to adventure to places few people see. I guess it's easy to judge others when you choose to remain in your tiny little bubble behind a keyboard.
Okay, first of all, my comment was on what the woman at the beginning of the video said, but since you went there, let's go there then. If I come to your country and find that it's illegal to (for whatever reason) have sex and that having sex would be an offense that was punishable by death, you would NOT see me in the streets trying to hit on women or pick up prostitutes. Now, to you, it may seem like tearing a poster was meaningless, but in NK, they would beg to differ. Is it a stupid and somewhat unfairly strict law? Yes, it is, but when you visit ANY foreign country, aren't you expected to abide by said country's laws, irrespective of what you thought of them?? I'm sorry he died, but kid STILL made a VERY stupid decision in the worst place imaginable that he could!!
@@cocogoat1111you saw the video. The woman said it's not just a poster it has their leader on it that makes it treason. You can't go to the White House and steal a picture of the president and not be jailed for it.
I know..right! What the @#!? Are these kids doing?!
no one can clearly see who's on that surveillance tape. It's like they just picked a random American to blame and it sucks that Otto most likely went through SO MUCH while in North Korea's hands for something he most likely didn't even do. RIP Otto💗
Its very sad if he is not the one..or if he is pickup randomly..
Young Americans dont have the discipline like nk..and it starts even when they are children..they are protected by us laws..that makes them mostly spoiled..nk is different country and more severe on punishment..which young americans donot know..
@@aureliodinaguit1645 still dosen’t make this case against NK any better mate
Otto was Jewish, and they are a protected class in America. They are above criticism, so when they travel this arrogance follows. Best Korea brought him a reality check.
Otto must have been SO terrified, my heart breaks for him. He didnt deserve to die. This needs to be a lesson to EVERYONE you need to take other cultures and country rules seriously.
Lesson learned: Never ever ever ever ever go to North Korea
More importantly, don't steal there.
Yeah, there's no reason whatsoever to ever set your foot in that country. If they'll ever get "liberated", like DDR, the horrors of what's been going on there will stun the world.
Apparently there's a blooming black market for human meat, people disappearing at a regular basis, ending up at the plates of their fellow citizens...no joke.
I visited only 2 weeks ago.. just follow the rules, i had an american in my Group, its not like they try to tell you here, very Nice people, just obey some simple rules!
Lars T Husbyn Even then though, why? North Korea is horrible
Don't be an arrogant self-entitled college boy who thinks stealing a DPRK propaganda banner would get you accepted into your university fraternity. Because it's obviously not worth the risk.
I'm amazed how the guy says 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 without skipping a beat...
thats the power of AZN!
Right? Same I was like damn, did he rehearse that?
Nelson Baietti Wow. I bet he can count backwards, too. What talent. Lol
😂😂
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Edit: fuck who ever liked my reply and took it back
There are two kinds of people in this world. People who think that his death was unfair and unjust and refused to blame him in anyway, and the people who don’t. That’s it.
I felt sick at the end. Poor man, sad for his family and also for millions of kidnapped people in North Korea.
He's walking so oddly as he's led, he really looks drugged, starved, or otherwise out-of-it somehow.
they absolute have no proof the footage from the camera was so blurry that coundn't identify the person
this is a set up in my thought
@@Bullman8 video is circumstantial at best and he was stealing a fucking poster.
he was actually brain damaged and hus parents think he was tortured into submission
Your dealing with Communists They are sadistic and cruel,15 years for a Pigs Picture??? Come on that's not right , these people are aparently murders!
They probably had him rehearse that speech for a week without sleep with a gun pointed at him to make sure every word was accurate
Gun point is nothing. He was tortured far more incidiously.
More like a car battery hooked up to his genitals.
Rich The citizens aren’t the issue. They are being deprived of their basic human rights too. They are innocent in this. It’s the government who’s evil and at fault.
I don’t think it was even physical torture, his face isn’t even showing any signs of physical torture. Maybe it was brainwashing. He sure was acting like any one of those coo-coo brained north Koreans just two weeks after his arrest.
Two or three weeks after his arrest he sounded just like any other crazy North Korean. Like he had been living there his whole life and “was even ashamed of his behavior.” 😦
“Don’t go to the fifth floor no matter what”
Tourists there to just have fun: *lOL FifTH fLOOR herE wE Go*
I'm sorry that this happened. My condolences to Otto's family.
There's lots of places to visit in this world why pick the worst country
There's much worse countries in this world than North Korea
Clout?
@@Laygoz which?
KPOP Spoiled zimbabwe? Look at their inflation problem.
@@nspreacts I don't think the commenter was talking about economic. You can have fun in even poor countries but North Korea!
I think the 5th floor is a TEST. Test to those who attempt to break rules.
Like willy wanka
Its a bait, they do that to get suspect for the shame trial, and showing it on tv all over north korea as propaganda
Yes, I think you're right about that.
Its like a fkn "SAW" movie!!
Of course it is,There were People who Easley got In For a place that's forbidden they have Potato Security.
Why would anyone go to this country?! I can’t imagine the fear he experienced and the pain his family has suffered💔
I feel like way too many people in this comment section don't understand just how bad North Korea really is
relax bro it ain't that bad
I honestly think he was set up. I can’t even tell that it’s him from that unclear, grainy camera footage. His confession also clearly seems memorized or just not convincing enough!
Bitch Please
Maya Rae, we all know North Korea is a shitty country but the guy what was he expecting breaking the law.... out of all the tourist why did he got picked, the reason for him getting picked might had been silly but you going for tracking at a well known dangerous forest and trying to act adventurous by violating the instruction... what do you expect would happen???
I’m a native English speaker. Never in my entire life have I said something song the lines of “boots made best for sneaking” its so unnatural.
mrbobbilly you're honestly more stupid than a liberal
And now he's dead
I can’t imagine the absolute torture it must be to see your child in this way, my god, he’s not my son and ive never met him but it breaks my heart to see this young boy living this nightmare
He s dead for 4 years
Well I wonder why they let him go there!
Yvonne Schwartz : Sometimes your children are confident that they can meet any foe and survive, reality is brutal teacher, if I have learned one thing in my 64 years it’s this: Never underestimate the power of denial.
@@yvonneschwartz3929 He was an adult and also he went with a group of friends. All the others returned home safetly. I'm confident he did do something to offend. Still, he didn't deserve to be turned into a vegetable.
@@akidojlaw537 The world is unjust the moment you are born, theres evil forces at works and hatred in Earth and history shows that we haven't changed.
This story is absolutely horrifying, however it delivers a tough but important lesson to learn for people who are blessed to be born and raised in very humanistic societies: not all the world works the same as your countries. There are dangers in the world which cannot be stopped by a lawyer or money. People from the West should realize this and learn to keep safe and reasonable. Otto’s fate could happen to anyone of that tour group. There are lands which should absolutely not be treated as an exotic vacation.
Obligatory personal anecdote: I worked at a hostel in Moscow for some time, guests were mostly foreigners. The amount of American college kids doing the “Vodka train” tours, for whom it was clearly their first time abroad, was seriously concerning for me. No doubt they were sold this whole thing as a “fun vacation” by the aggressive marketing in the US, while in reality the long-distance trains in Russia are often dangerous to be at (predatory drunks with knives and desperate for money are a fairly common occurence), and NO ONE speaks English on them, they’re full of undereducated village folk who still believe USSR was great and America is ruled by evil reptilians. I don’t want to imagine what could happen to a foreign 18 year old on that train, especially with alcohol involved. Money-hungry tour sellers who purposefully omit full information on risks in order to sell more tickets are an evil by themselves.
lol so you are saying USA is ''humanistic'' society with serial killers lurking everywhere and where you can't even walk a parrot at broad day light, not even mention nights?srsly... And why are long-distance trains in Russia dangerous? the most beautiful experience are those trains and friendly people you meet along the way. Are you talking about USA trains maybe where everyone holds guns and knives? seriously what stupid prejudices people from America have and spread about other countries. Shame on yourself. and YEAH - USSR WAS GREAT, and people were much safer than in such ''deRmocratic'' society packed with crimes and capitalistic manipulators. Better learn something about world for real instead of listening to USA propaganda (from where you are probably) about other parts of the world and Russia especially since amounts of lies about USSR and RUssia that USA has been producing over the years is unbelieveably horrific.
USSR was never “great” and neither was the United States.
Каво...
Fds
Wait a minute?? THAT CAN'T BE HIM STEALING THAT POSTER!!!! Look at how tall he is. 4:24 , Now look at the video where they show SOMEBODY taking down the poster , 5:51 Not so tall, Listen to his confession, I do not know this guy but I would guess by his tone of voice and what he was saying certainly did not come from him. SO SAD!!!! RIP OTTO
I would never step my feet on that land
Iya sama
Gilang Ramanda i would probably, because I’m curious.
Just follow the goddamn rules and you will get out alive.
Somehow this just makes me picture you touring DPRK on a pogo stick.
There's a possibility I might, but not for the sake of travel.
I would be afraid to just breath in north korea because i would want to be offensive.
W Sjr what are you going on about?
thats not my name why would you want to feel be offensive??
Lvraiderchinkgang Please don’t tell me you’re about to compare NORTH KOREA to America lmfao
Lvraiderchinkgang No we act like ourselves. We aren’t afraid to speak our minds here. I’m so proud of that.
@Lvraiderchinkgang are you having a psychotic episode?
We would never think of getting "punished" for doing this in America or other civil countries. You don't mess with a country's laws like those of N. Korea!
“whatever you do, do not even step foot on the 5th floor” (explores and videos the entire floor)
Damn, that confession was so theatrical.
Dee Ca. That’s really foul yet I’m dying rn 😂
Didn't yall see the third eye picture part of the secret society.
He did a magnificent act to live.
You can’t pay me to vacation in North Korea.
@thatgirllNancyy or because the states would annihilation NK with out the help or Russia and China and thise two countries wont have NKs back if they through the first stone. Also they might not even have the technical capabilities to launch a nuke towards us. Would be best to strike South Korea or Japan since they're right there and even so still wont be good as the US will come to defend those two countries.
You can do it to me
I would go if I got paid. I would just not be dumb and go stealing posters on a forbidden floor
You would take $1million
Siya ikr man
To my my son in that situation would be to much for me to bear. It is absolutely horrific beyond comprehension.
For years I was under the impression that Otto tried to take that poster, but I just rewatched this story again and I am CERTAIN that it wasn't even Otto on the surveillance video! Like, how did I not see it before!? This is so clear, intuitively too, it's not Otto in the video. It was a set up indeed.
There is a reason why they take your passport off you when you enter.
You become a prisioner, not a tourist.
Exactly I could never go to a place where
1. I can't speak their official language.
2. My passport is taken as I arrive.
Wait they really do?
@@ultymateslayong6758 yes they take everybody’s passport and it’s not returned to you until you leave customs on the way out
Why would you want to spend NYE in a place that the slightest error could have you trapped in a county that isn’t cool with us?????
Do you know how many people travel to North Korea and are fine? It is very few tourists who are detained, and it is usually because they break the rules in some way.
I can't imagine how terrifying that must have been.
He's dead now, they literally killed him
Pasta
At least he died in the USA
Vengeful Camel yeh he died in USA so that wasn’t North Korea’s fault lmaooo
VENGEFUL+ HE WAS ALREADY DEAD , VEGETABLE STATE WHEN HE ARRIVED
SmashGod he was in a coma when they shipped him out of there
6:16 “the severity of my crime” ah yes that would be going on the fifth floor of some hotel
Why would you go to the worst place on earth for vacation? You know the history of violence and inhumane treatment of their own people.
I believe he was set up. His speech feels so unnatural and cringy.
You would be cringy as well after spending time in a north korean prison. Lol
@@overshot8331 just stfu please you are such a pos
Ritesh Thapa stfu
North koreans wrote the script for him to say it. There were full of grammar mistakes in that speech.
@@sakakkskskskakkska4313 "he's white, his first language is English, white should have perfect English". Also, I've heard no grammatical error in the speech.
Its almost cringy how he acts infront of everyone in that court it has to be staged
U also would do that
He needed to exert effort when he’s confessing. Remember not all those people infront of him can understand what he’s saying even though there’s an interpreter. He needed to let them feel his sorry
@@bobongbongbong1918 TBH if I was humans I'd don't do it I wouldn't say shit. The video is so bad I wouldn't think it was him. At the end of the day confession or not they weren't gonna give him any type of slap on the wrist and he was gonna be guilty when they kept him all of his friends should have known he was gonna die. Like seriously why would you ever go to a country like that?
@@bobongbongbong1918 A genuine expression of remorse and sorrow wouldn't require "exerting effort". Do you believe the words you typed? See my comment: dude was an Israeli dual-citizen, working for Mossad.
@@rms1493 It would be hard to feel sorry for doing something that in Western civilization would hardly warrant a fine. All he did was remove a poster and he didn't even take it with him - he left it there. How could he genuinely feel sorry for that harmless act? He could cry about his misfortune and the scary situation he was in...but definitely not for what he did.
He could have taken a picture of the poster instead of trying to take the poster ! That was wrong and a terrible violation ! Here in America when I was young and lived with my mother , we were robbed 4 TIMES ! They were Hispanic and on heroin ! All different people but Puerto Rican anyway ! I was sad and angry and i hated these violators to a point that at 12 years old I got a job off the books after school but at age 14 I was able to work legally because my boss helped me get my working papers but now I was being robbed again ! I was saving all my money to help my mother move out of that drug infested neighborhood that had once been so safe and beautiful ! I was also saving for college but I was now bringing home less money because now I was being robbed by the government with taxes ! That was MY MONEY ! I EARNED IT ! So I began to see the truth about America ! It is corrupt ! So I understand how angry the North Korean government felt ! How dare Otto go there and think he is so damn special and try to take something THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HIM ! I do not feel that the family should have been compensated because their son was trying to commit a thief ! I live in America and not once did I ever have a class on being prim and proper AND NOT STEAL ! After JFK screwed the school system the schools became violent and dangerous ! Students here in America MUST BE GIVEN AN HOUR DAILY ON HOW TO BEHAVE , Instead of useless gym classes ! Also the students graduated and the majority don’t know what to do with their lives because they weren’t taught financing nor investments nor real estate nor the stock market ! They are not even encouraged to become doctor lawyers policemen and so forth ! American schools just spit out students with no logic reason and no common sense ! I don’t mean any did respect but the truth is that OTTO WAS WRONG ! He knew the rules and didn’t obey them ! He should NOT have gone to the fifth floor to begin with ! His companions should have been punished too for having the nerve to break the rules and going to the fifth floor but at least they did not try to steal anything ! So sad that people don’t obey rules !
😔😔😔😢😢😢
There's no way he stole that
"He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice..." (from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska; partial record 1146)
Damn shame. If I wanted to drink and party, I would've gone to Thailand or Brazil or any place that's not North Korea.
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stupid.you can't drink and party in your own country?
@@kenllacer I heard human trafficking and places of ill repute are very common there.
I would have just stayed in the US plenty of drink and party here
Or Cancun
people are trying to escape that place and these college students wanna go there wtf world
American ignorance.
@@wlos4029 I’m sure Otto was more cultured and well versed on North Korean culture than you could ever be hahaha
Some people don’t want to just get drunk in a tourist resort on an artificial beach; I think going to NK would be fascinating, as long as you act right
@@clamcrewcarclub6017 Evidently he wasn't. Don't mess with a poster of a person whose citizens considers to be a demigod on a private floor meant for personnel only.
@@wlos4029 still not even proven it was him, so your point can be taken with a grain of salt lol
@@clamcrewcarclub6017 It was.
They had the run of the hotel except the 5th floor, but a group of them couldn't help themselves and did not have the discipline to respect the rules.
The only thing this kid did wrong was be an American. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Even now, I become sick to my stomach when I think of the condition he was in when he was returned to the US. North Korea murdered him. I know young people are curious, but please stay away from this place because there are really no rules there.
Hmm however, it's their rules that eventually killed him, you seems a bit daft.
Wait so was he murdered or returned to the US?
@@cuban_flow5782 He was released, but died soon afterward. The conditions in North Korea are absolutely terrible, and he died at I believe the university of Cincinnatis medical center.
Don't go on the 5th floor
@@steamedbuns6197 Barack "we tortured some folks" obama! Someone tell that clown president that torture is a war crime! Also F trump! Bernie2020!!
how to survive north korea:
1. don't go to north korea
Pretty much narrows it down lol
Kenneth Shen lol
yasssss
Kenneth Shen How to survive North korea bring the whole us army :)
Kenneth Shen that sums it up.
I will make sure if I am living my great grandchildren never want to to visit or go near this evil hell on earth .I hope they get what they ALL deserve ....it's like we do as we please and nobody can touch us or do anything about it ..I feel so sorry for the people who are born and live there..
It’s really odd that the full surveillance video shown at his trial is never shown.
The full 48 second video is available on some European sites using a VPN.
Global news shows the full surveillance of OW walking the length of hall, twice.
otto was from the same city as me. heck. he used be on the same swim team i'm on now. when he came back and died, my entire town tied blue and white ribbons around anything they could find. it was chilling
Blue and white are Israeli colors. No surprise, there. He was an agent of Mossad, meddling in a foreign land, whilst representing his generous host nation.
Unearth the fuck are u even saying.
Unearth you've got the tinfoil hat wrapped a little too tightly
Yea i doubt it
stanleystanrick lol exactly what I was thinking.
The fake testimony is cringe af.
Cole Tadlock ik I've seen better acting in porn
Have you watched the entire thing? It's really disturbing. One of my favorite lines was the one they showed, "I should not have allowed myself to be allured by the US Administration". Clearly the statement was written by someone with a poor grasp of English grammar.
*_Cringiest N. Korean attempts at engrish dialogue:_*
"I intentionally packed my quietest boots, the best for sneaking, I knew that I would wear them during my crime commitment"
"I informed my mother very little of my crime-attempt offer"
"The Friendship United Methodist church gave me my crime-task"
"In order to know more about slogans in the DPR Korea I did an internet Google search with the keywords 'north korea slogan''"
"I hope that clearly explains the details of my crime-procedure"
"never NEVER allow yourselves to be allured by the United States administration"
"Reality in the DPR Korea is very different from the state of evils that the west tagged"
*_Stupidest N. Korean fallacies in logic:_*
"I stole street signs for practice and kept them under my bed"
"[the poster] was much bigger and heavier than I had expected. I became very scared and I realized I could not take the slogan."
"By taking this slogan we will weaken the unity and motivation of the North Korean people"
"Friendship United Methodist church's official bank account statement with 42 million dollars... the United States has very close ties with this church... around 2-3% of Barrack Obama's total election cost was collected from this church"
"The CIA, which is closely linked with the Z society"
"I have been very impressed with the Korean government's humanitarian treatment of severe criminals like myself and of their very fair-and-square legal procedures in the DPR Korea" (he says this word-for-word twice)
"I am a victim of the United States administration's consistent hostile policies against the DPR Korea"
Chad Mower and "I put on my sneakiest shoes" lmao
it was funny too
The most misterious fact here is : Having the world so many nice places... Why anyone can choose North Korea as a holidays destination ???
Don’t even try to go to the filth floor”
Also them “ so here we are to the filth floor
This is so so heartbreaking. He wants to go home. He has been tortured.
Aliya Anne He got “home” but he died days after.
baguette obama how’d he die? Malnutrition or something?
@@nspreacts he suffered from a seizure due to trauma in north korea, thats when they decided to send him back to the U.S. he died days after his arrival in the U.S.
He also fucked up big time by tempting fate and in doing so it cost him dearly due to ignorance and arrogance. No sympathy for otto but for hia family becauae they lost a family member due to his own idiocy.
@@fiyahquacker2835 yeah he is a stupid man but getting tortured to death is not cool.
The best question is and will be "Why did you travel there out of 193 countries?" which about 120 of them are friendly with the U.S.
Solid point... Can't go everywhere in this world , unfortunate but you can't.
He'll, I don't go into certain areas in my own country.
If the intrigue of visiting a enemy of your home nation is so important than you need to be prepared for the worst. It was like those individuals trying to go to Iran or some place. They thought oh, we will be fine. All lost their head's.
Tony Greene where do you live?
@@Chuked Beautiful Southwest Missouri. The Ozark mountains. I've lived all over the USA but I call Missouri home now.
Come to India it's better
@@tonygreene81able i live in southeast missouri
He should not go to fifth floor at the very first place.
Freaking crazy to sneak onto the 5th floor
That's if he did it. Did you hear the confession? obviously scripted. What makes you think a grainy video is any kind of proof?
twelve98 it wasnt even him
ryan19554 the fact remains he had no business in North Korea. North Korea is known for harsh treatment against Americans. It's not the first time that American been arrested before and probably won't be the last. The truth of the matter is no one wants a war with North Korea.
I didnt say he had any business being there. I just find it funny that people automatically believe North Korea when their entire nation is built on hollow lies. If you start digging into this, being 2 months after UN Sanctions. It was most likely a set-up
+ryan19554 Well said
who tf goes to North Korea to party
Otto the dumbass that's who. Lol!!
an idiot.
Communist students in search of evidence that their political beliefs are sustainable.
Dennis Rodman.
emma marshall privileged people get to roam around
Apparently in another documentary, the speech was "more than likely coerced."
This is a prime example of “just because you could, doesn’t mean you should.”.
In his second trail, he seemed staggered, stumbling and senseless with his head down as he was being carried off by the soldier which is suspicious. Feels as if he is being drugged/starved or maybe tortured beyond that. Don't know, just my opinion.
It's more like simple sleep depravation, whether intentionally done by the North Koreans or Warmbier couldn't get himself enough sleep for obvious reasons.
Welll you go in N korea, break rules, wat u expect mam ?? Privilege does not travel withh you..
Nova Xo Otto wasn’t justified for what he did because he broke a law, nor is North Korea. Otto was innocent until convicted of his charge, so you’d expect for nothing bad to happen to him as apart of that. Unfortunately, he was given sleeping pills, contracted a disease called botulism, fell into a coma, possibly starved, and eventually he died from a injury possibly caused by lack of oxygen. To be a prison from another country and you’re being treated the same or worse than a terrorist is insane. He shouldn’t have been in that condition anyways because he didn’t even SERVE HIS SENTENCE, so it goes to show that the torture probably started before his trial while he was innocent.
@@novaxo9827 how do u know he broke rules? The only scene they show is so unclear, 😐
Yes.
Why y’all saying he deserved to die all he did was take a poster off a wall
He didn't steal anything! He just did what North Korea sets as a trap to acuse any American visitor. He broke a stupid rule of entering the floor that was prohibited. The poster is just an excuse!
People say he deserves it to make others angry! What people are really saying that is true, is, Why he went there? Why if you already go to visit hell you brake the only rule they have? The answer is, because when people are young and ignorant, they do not fear the world! His real mistake was to go to the only country in the world where there are no human rights and his second mistake is to behave like an American in any other country thinking there are not laws or they won't apply to you for being well, American!
Yvonne Schwartz oh ok thanks
He was killed because hes an American, then for taking the posters...smh
They're still pissed off @ us about Vietnam..
@@knightrider3766 People should have good heart... How much depressed ppl are... this comment section is so stinky... People are telling he deserved death penalty.... If the same happens to their kids... they will understand.... Irrespective of the past.. People should have a good heart
"Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy." (from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska; partial record 300)
Kenneth Bae writes in his book, Not Forgotten, that they tell them what to say in the interviews.
I just want to know the whole story, what they drugged him with, why they framed him and what they did.
I feel so bad for this guy and it was unfair
Do you have a Willy Lynch indoctrination for their women? You did it in the Philippines until the new President arouse.
Keep your mayhem culture to yourself.
@@wolverinelogan9430 shut up
@@SparrowIZ Go back to Europe TRESPASSER
@@SparrowIZ So smart huh? I never spoke.
The way they taped the fifth floor is like if it was a scary urban legend. I'm not gonna lie it kind of creeped me out.
Like a creepy horror movie
Otto deserved none of this. He was loyal to the government, he didn’t leave his tour group, and he respected the rules and laws of North Korea. If one were to visit that country. They should not disrespect the Kim Dynasty or the government
This kid just stood out in so many ways.
Even if Otto did nothing, don’t mess with a government/country we barely know about.
You can tell that it was scripted smh its so obvious that a non native English speaker wrote what he said.
The scripted confession was full of crap. Otto was stealing the poster to put in his church in USA. Every American church is waiting to hang stolen N Korean posters on their walls.
Nikolas Hipolito wtf does him dying have to do what I said
Nikolas Hipolito he said the testimony was written by them. Not that he didn't die
That one Grilled chicken tendy you first buddy
Carter, it's "you're". But do go on calling others stupid.
How did he go from partying with friends to being absolutely alone
Rule number # 1 for travelers , learn and follow the law, your Rights don't apply outside the US
*There is no proof that it was him in the video*
The court scene was scripted by NKoreans
@Reunite The British Empire proof it was him or dont speak
Lichen Planus
You don’t need proof in North Korea.
@elli bull How is he being blind? It was clearly scripted. As she said it was like he was guilty until proven innocent in the trial. Wtf is that
Don't go to unsafe, dangerous places where there is no rule of law. Seems simple enough to me.
Just like any American with some cow sense knows what kind of district in America should be avoided.
Clearly otto was a fool , darwinism if you ask me.
@@user-pl3lm5dn5c you're really messed up, if you believe that.. that's like saying anyone not staying on the safe path all the time deserves to die
north korea is surely an interesting country to visit and since there is so much mystery around it, you can't blame someone for wanting to see it with their own eyes
@@dorianwinkelmuller1855 the US government doesn't want it's citizens to go to NK there are no direct flights from America to NK because the government doesn't want you to go there. He wanted adventure and traveled to China and then took a plane to NK. It is his fault.
Dorian Winkelmüller It is a good place to visit. But it is not safe to visit. Just like Kashmir in India, which is a good but not a safe place
How on earth he said those lies , cmon man
I'm so fascinated by the DPRK and I actually would really like to visit there but I never would.
Rule: "Don't go to 5th floor"
Otto: "I'm about to end my own career."
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Shut up
He shouldnt have gone to the 5th floor just like the other people
Otto: “Say sike right now!”
Actually, his whole life.
I just don't know how his parents can go on each day with this kind of loss. As a mother , I feel deeply for them.😥
KrazyOldKatLady 19 I don't understand how they can let him go in the first place.
@@heatherann5085 A arrested US citizen, a potential HIGHLY important negotiation card. They held on and held on, hoping he could get healthy enough to be kept in jail until he could be used. They did in the end see that he didn't got better, just worse and worse, and needed to let him go while still alive. Sad story. Bad luck. Think of the thousands of US citizen that dies when on travel for different reasons. We never hear a word about 99% of them.
It's a sad situation of course, to have lost a child, in any situation. It's also kind of 'sad' and strange all this hipe around 1 US kid dying after been in arrest in NK. Get's like x10 more attention than the ten's of thousands US kids dying in accidents, from drugs, suicide and so on every year, combined.
Me too, that would be so terrifying not knowing how your son was doing, whether or not he was still alive, or where he was! Also, him returning in that state!
Why didn't they ask for an autopsy?
I was a infantry special ops US Marine at the time this came across the news my unit was ready an willing to go over their and bring pure Hell apon his captors after his death. We all wanted revenge and still do. They will pay one day. RIP Otto your story is not forgotten and you are not forgotten.
*upon maybe learn to spell first
@@Chatchann grammar nazi in the house
@@ChatchannIt’s a bot, I’ve seen this exact same comment on other videos about Otto, word for word.
Odd that the advertisement next to this video is for Otto Insurance
He may have been smart, but his immaturity cost him his life.
michiganmom857
Exactly!!
It's astonishing how many people are blaming this kid for being brutally murdered by a corrupt dictator. His immaturity cost him his life? No. The reality is that this Korean regime could have picked any American at random and killed them, framing them for whatever crime it felt like. And now even our despicable president is failing to take the side of our own citizen who was brutally detained and murdered.
@P for Potato_77 what rule did he break? Do you really believe he tore down a poster? In any actual fair trial there would have been insufficient evidence to establish that.
You have to follow the rules. Specially in North Korea.
Ummmmm nothing smart about what he did at all.
He looks drugged as the guards escorted him from court 7:38
mpcmvw yeah no doubt
yeah he did I'm sure that's what lead to his brain damage too. chemical affixation
Skjdi Zijsi alright...
mpcmvw No doubt he had massive brain damage couldn't walk it wasn't cause from hard work...
mpcmvw I agree
This is an alternative universe where Logan Paul went to North Korea instead of Japan.
"For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world." (from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska; 474-476)
15 years in jail for taking a poster? As if North Korea is doing its best to portray itself as the most horrible country on earth
kasamiro try America the most hateful country to black people.
It's NK that's what they do to foreigners who steal. White privilege ends when you leave America.
There are black kids in America given no trial, kept in county jails for years for allegedly stealing a backpack. Fuck you
One, he did something wrong because those posters aren’t even allowed for anyone to take them out, and yes, he deserves that!
When he becomes an elder in 15-years, they would probably kill him til then
It's not just one poster, and he trespassed into a no-go zone. It's like walking around in Area 51 and stealing stuff. How do you think that will go for you when they catch you? Not much differently, let me tell you.
I guess he never saw "The Shining". When you are told to stay out of a certain part of a hotel, you better listen.
ubiquitousdiabolus frfr
Arianna M you’re the type to go to the 5th floor for no reason and ask “what’s the reason”😂😂😂😂🗣
The outro sounded like a bomb countdown and I jumped out of my seat...
He played a stupid game and won a stupid price..
Who in his right mind travels to such a hellhole?
@Guy Maybe we need more people to stop talking about this country as if it is that mysterious or seductive. Torturing people for real and not having human rights is not a horror movie that is fun, it is real hell and should be treated as such in any information we spread regarding this country!
Otto was stupid. I don't want to disrespect the dead but who doesn't know what north korea does to their own. Why even go there? Go join the white helmets and actually help people if you have such a "playing with fire" mentality. At least you would die content if something happens.
That confession was scripted
But his emotions weren't.
Adoramus Te Domine
May we know Him more clearly and love Him more dearly ...
I wouldnt be surprised if the "trial" was broadcast one every news, tv, and media outlet simultaneously in the country
Need to have balls to sneak into the 5th floor dood.
All balls no brain
Took parts of his brain dood
ッTehEpikNuwbie you needed to have stupidity. They said don't go to the 5th floor.
Where's the proof that he actually did it? That black, hooded figure in the grainy video is about a foot shorter than Warmbier. Do you think it was him because he "confessed?!" They threatened his life. And guess what? Even though he played along and confessed to a crime he didn't commit, they still murdered him.
ッTehEpikNuwbie Balls, I would call it stupidity. There is a difference between being brave and being reckless.
This why you shouldn't visit North Korea, especially if you're American.
World of Retro Gameplay Exactly and I still wonder why anyone would want to go and visit that hell hole?
No, you shouldn’t steal, that’s what you shouldn’t do.
Yeah but you shouldn't get 15 years for it PLUS how do you know it was him ?
Yeah, Americans should just do what they do best, eat burgers and watch Fox News in their air conditioned houses.
I been to North Korea they always watching you even The United States altered the cameras so they can tell you that North Korea is wrong but it is him because of his body and his body features. He has the same body features as the person in the camera. I been to North Korea they always watching you even though you doesn't know it. When you get off the plane they are watching you. I been there 3 times for vacation. You can't walk around without someone is with you from North Korea. They are nice people but don't break the law I really know because they will first give you a warning and you fuck up again your ass is grass
Really? His friends don't think that was the worst mistake of his life? Really?
Where is part 1?
Simple rule; don't go into the fifth floor.
Simpler rule - don't ever visit NK
@@StAnger561to770 Don't be an arrogant jerk when you travel and you won't have problems.
If someone steals a propaganda poster in NK, they go to prison for 15 years. If someone steals in Brunei, they get their hands cut off.
@@mashamitchell9574 No he's right u would have to be plum fucking dumb especially being American to visit there.
Exactly. This kid had no idea what he was dealing with. He was totally insulated from reality. Having fun and partying. If something in North Korea is forbidden, you do not go there! If they say dont take a picture of this or that then do not take a picture. These kids were so incredibly naive. Otto was complaining about the food and saying how strange the country was. I would assume that there were microphones and cameras everywhere!