‘President Trump Is A Hero’: Marc Fogel Welcomed At White House After Release From Russian Prison

After enduring three years in a Russian penal colony, American schoolteacher Marc Fogel was welcomed at the White House on Tuesday night by President Donald Trump, following his return to freedom in the United States.

“I feel like the luckiest man on earth right now,” Fogel said alongside Trump. “I want you to know that I am not a hero in this at all and President Trump is a hero. These men that came from the diplomatic service are heroes. The senators and representatives that passed legislation in my honor to get me home are heroes. I am in awe of what they all did.”

Fogel called his 95-year-old mother, Malphine, who has relentlessly fought for his release, “the most dynamic 95-year-old on earth right now.”

After his meeting with Trump, he is expected to go to Texas for medical evaluation and rehabilitation.