NORTH KOREA AND THE MAN THAT MADE IT OUT ALIVE IS TELLING KEIR
MAN THAT MADE IT OUT ALIVE IS TELLING KEIR SIMMONS HOW HE DID IT.
ALIVE IS TELLING KEIR SIMMONS HOW HE DID IT. >> Reporter: THE
SIMMONS HOW HE DID IT. >> Reporter: THE STUNNING VIDEO GAINED
>> Reporter: THE STUNNING VIDEO GAINED GLOBAL ATTENTION, A
STUNNING VIDEO GAINED GLOBAL ATTENTION, A NORTH KOREAN SOLDIER
GLOBAL ATTENTION, A NORTH KOREAN SOLDIER FLEEING TO FREEDOM
NORTH KOREAN SOLDIER FLEEING TO FREEDOM ACROSS THE WORLD’S
FLEEING TO FREEDOM ACROSS THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS BORDER,
ACROSS THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS BORDER, FINALLY FREE TO SPEAK
MOST DANGEROUS BORDER, FINALLY FREE TO SPEAK OUT TONIGHT.
FINALLY FREE TO SPEAK OUT TONIGHT. IS THIS FREEDOM?
OUT TONIGHT. IS THIS FREEDOM? >> YES.
IS THIS FREEDOM? >> YES. >> Reporter: VIDEO
>> YES. >> Reporter: VIDEO DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED,
>> Reporter: VIDEO DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED, LEAPING FROM HIS
DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED, LEAPING FROM HIS VEHICLE IN A HAIL OF
LEAPING FROM HIS VEHICLE IN A HAIL OF BULLETS FROM FELLOW
VEHICLE IN A HAIL OF BULLETS FROM FELLOW NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS
BULLETS FROM FELLOW NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS WAS VIEWED BY MILLIONS
NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS WAS VIEWED BY MILLIONS IN 2017.
WAS VIEWED BY MILLIONS IN 2017. A BULLET PENETRATED
IN 2017. A BULLET PENETRATED HERE, IT CAME OUT THIS
A BULLET PENETRATED HERE, IT CAME OUT THIS WAY HE SAYS.
HERE, IT CAME OUT THIS WAY HE SAYS. I FELT BLOOD.
WAY HE SAYS. I FELT BLOOD. I STILL RAN.
I FELT BLOOD. I STILL RAN. COLLAPSING JUST ACROSS
I STILL RAN. COLLAPSING JUST ACROSS THE BORDER.
COLLAPSING JUST ACROSS THE BORDER. SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS
THE BORDER. SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS PULLED HIM TO SAFETY,
SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS PULLED HIM TO SAFETY, BUT HALF UNCONSCIOUS,
PULLED HIM TO SAFETY, BUT HALF UNCONSCIOUS, HE SAYS HE FEARED HE
BUT HALF UNCONSCIOUS, HE SAYS HE FEARED HE WAS BEING DRAGGED BACK
HE SAYS HE FEARED HE WAS BEING DRAGGED BACK TO THE NORTH AND
WAS BEING DRAGGED BACK TO THE NORTH AND ALMOST CERTAIN
TO THE NORTH AND ALMOST CERTAIN EXECUTION.
ALMOST CERTAIN EXECUTION. NOBODY HAS ESCAPED
EXECUTION. NOBODY HAS ESCAPED ACROSS THAT BORDER FOR
NOBODY HAS ESCAPED ACROSS THAT BORDER FOR DECADES.
ACROSS THAT BORDER FOR DECADES. DO YOU THINK THAT
DECADES. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE BRAVE?
DO YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE BRAVE? IT’S NOT MY BRAVERY
YOU’RE BRAVE? IT’S NOT MY BRAVERY THAT KEPT ME ALIVE,
IT’S NOT MY BRAVERY THAT KEPT ME ALIVE, IT’S THE SOUTH KOREAN
THAT KEPT ME ALIVE, IT’S THE SOUTH KOREAN PEOPLE WHO DONATED
IT’S THE SOUTH KOREAN PEOPLE WHO DONATED BLOOD HE SAYS AND HE
PEOPLE WHO DONATED BLOOD HE SAYS AND HE WANTS TO THANK THE
BLOOD HE SAYS AND HE WANTS TO THANK THE AMERICAN MEDICS THAT
WANTS TO THANK THE AMERICAN MEDICS THAT RUSHED HIM TO THE
AMERICAN MEDICS THAT RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. TODAY HE LIVES IN A
HOSPITAL. TODAY HE LIVES IN A SMALL APARTMENT
TODAY HE LIVES IN A SMALL APARTMENT WITHOUT HIS FAMILY AND
SMALL APARTMENT WITHOUT HIS FAMILY AND FIVE BULLET HOLES IN
WITHOUT HIS FAMILY AND FIVE BULLET HOLES IN HIS BODY.
FIVE BULLET HOLES IN HIS BODY. HE SAYS AS A SOLDIER
HIS BODY. HE SAYS AS A SOLDIER IN NORTH KOREA, HE WAS
HE SAYS AS A SOLDIER IN NORTH KOREA, HE WAS LIVING OFF $100 A
IN NORTH KOREA, HE WAS LIVING OFF $100 A MONTH.
LIVING OFF $100 A MONTH. HE TELLS US, U.S.-LED
