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Travis King’s Family Blames His Decision to Cross the Border into North Korea on Racism

‘He was fearing for his life’

EXCERPT:

M. GATES: "After we hear about this fight, and him going to jail, the messages became strange. I was like, 'Are you OK? And he was telling me, 'No, they're trying to kill me.' And he just continued to send me songs and -- and speak to me and he said things like -- said they are racists. It seemed like some -- some was going on with him. Like he was fearing for his life."
REPORTER: "And his mother said she received a disturbing phone call in the middle of the night sometime prior to Travis King crossing the border."
C. GATES: "Like 3 something in the morning, I got a call from him. And I was half asleep and he just called me to scream, 'I'm not the Army soldier you want me to be. I'm not the Army soldier you want me to be.' And he kept screaming that out loud. And then all of a sudden the phone hung up and then they're taking him to the hospital."

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