President Clinton's Magic Wand ! :: North Korea :: Freed Journalists :: We are so happy to be home

BURBANK, California (CNN) -- Laura Ling on Wednesday expressed the shock she and Euna Lee felt when former President Clinton showed up in Pyongyang, North Korea, to help secure the two journalists' release.

"We feared at any moment that we could be sent to a hard labor camp, and then suddenly we were told we were going to a meeting," a tearful and emotional Ling said at a news conference Wednesday morning in California shortly after arriving by plane with Lee and Clinton.

She spoke minutes after the two women were reunited with their families at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank outside Los Angeles. They had been detained in North Korea since March.

North Korea pardoned Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, after Clinton's brief trip Tuesday to Pyongyang.

"We were taken to a location, and when we walked through the doors, we saw standing before us President Bill Clinton," Ling said, with Lee standing beside her.

"We were shocked, but we knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end." ----

"See the emotional return at the airport" ::

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/05/nkorea.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto

Watch as the women reunite with their families »

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/05/nkorea.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

"Watch as Ling says, "We could feel your love" »

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/05/nkorea.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

"iReport.com: Share reaction to the freed journalists" ::

http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=268352
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Of Relevance :: "Captured, freed by N Korea; US journos fly home" -----CNN-IBN ::

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/captured-freed-by-n-korea-us-journos-fly-home/9863...

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[Saebeck32]

Bill knows how to pick up chicks!

[jadeyes914]

@tsebunjax

because the two journalists are americans.

[Tenki09]

I like clinton. He seems to be a good person. And yes he had the magic wand to take out those poor girls from NK. That for sure.

[tsebunjax]

y only those two journalist,not northkoean in the labour camp...

[DF9S5]

Stop smoking the stuff you smoke, chump. It is just destroying the one and a half percent of brain you have left.

[lmercado9999]

Hey ladies so how was your vacation in North Korea. By the way barack HUSSAIN obama did not even try to help on your release. Bill Clinton was the MAN and the HERO! Ladies next TIME you VOTE, Vote REPUBLICAN!