No compassion, stupid, irrational, and all the other things that are said about "poor Otto."  Yes, he made his choice to go to NK and he paid a price for it.  The NK are not going to be nice and baby him because he is an American, expect the opposite treatment.  His parents allowed him to go so they should accept the responsibility for what happened.  He probably was tortured and became brain-dead because he couldn't handle it.  The  NK could care less, and I'm surprised they didn't kill him.  Now he is back in the US and he can't tell his story, too bad it would have been a very interesting one at that.  Goes to show, that you are a victim of what you choose to do with your life, right or wrong.