"We knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end." That is how Ling recalled her reaction upon seeing Clinton in person in Pyongyang. "His mission accomplished, Clinton left the talking to his former Vice President," observed ABC's Kate Snow. Lee's four-year-old daughter Hannah "hugged her mother and would not let go," observed CBS' Bill Whitaker. ABC's Snow offered the detail that the girl had been told: "Mommy is on a business trip"--a trip that lasted 140 days and included a 12-year sentence in a forced labor camp. NBC's George Lewis saw mother and daughter "hold on to one another for dear life." He called the family scene "poignant."
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