Euna Lee has a husband and daughter.
My heart goes out to these two women currently held in North Korea. This situation has haunted me for the last week and it’s easy to understand why. It is the same anxiety one would feel at the prospect of finding themselves in the middle of nowhere, miles from civilization, distant from familiar help and facing an immediate unknown that will not include those you love.
The only thing to do is to hope there is an ounce of compassion from the North Koreans. It was obviously a case of mistaken intentions. The best thing they can do is return these two women to their families quickly. Even in the most dire of circumstances, we can only hope that people who do not know freedom the way we do will find some sense of justice and satisfaction in reuniting a mother with her daughter and a wife with her husband.
Hopefully the Obama administration will find a way to reason with this country. In the meantime, the best thing to do is to keep our mouths shut and pray there is resolution soon. And for those who have criticism - this is not the time.
