Prayers for this young man and his family . . . also the three that remain in the clutches of NK.

Comatose Otto Warmbier lands in US after release by North Korea

Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)American college student Otto Warmbier has landed back in the United States after more than 17 months in detention in North Korea.

Warmbier has been in a coma for over a year, according to his parents, and will be rushed to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center late Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

His return to the US comes as questions swirl about his health and what happened to him while he was detained by the North Korean government. The 22-year-old contracted botulism last year and is in "bad shape,"a source close to the family told CNN.

North Korea told a US official that Warmbier contracted botulism and slipped intothe coma after taking a sleeping pill, a senior State Department official told CNN.

"Otto has left North Korea. He is on Medivac flight on his way home. Sadly, he is in a coma and we have been told he has been in that condition since March of 2016. We learned of this only one week ago," said Fred and Cindy Warmbier in a statement.

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