Parents of Trevor Reed speak to media, raise health concerns following his release

Just lately launched marine veteran Trevor Reed’s mother and father raised issues over their son’s well being following the discharge of their son from a Russian jail. 

The U.S. and Russia carried out a prisoner swap Wednesday, exchanging Trevor Reed – a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow – for a Russian pilot and drug trafficker who has been serving time in America, a senior U.S. official informed the Related Press.

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Joey and Paula Reed spoke with reporters exterior their residence Wednesday, revealing that they spoke with their son for a couple of minutes whereas he traveled by aircraft from Russia. 

Paula Reed mentioned they seemingly wouldn’t see Trevor Wednesday, and his mom had a “panic assault” worrying that her son would possibly stay in Russia all through the summer season.  The pair then requested for privateness. 

“He appears to be like horrible to us,” Joey Reed mentioned. “As his mother and father we all know he doesn’t look effectively. He’s very skinny, strolling unusual.”

The Reeds careworn that medical personnel are on aircraft with him and are completely inspecting him. 

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“We wish to make sure that his well being is sweet,” the household added, saying he would seemingly go to a navy hospital upon his return. 

The household additionally issued an announcement Wednesday morning through which they thanked the assorted personalities and politicians concerned in securing their son’s freedom from a Russian jail. 

The household thanked Montel Williams for offering their publicist, Jonathan Franks, with a platform to inform Trevor’s story and to let the general public find out about his case. They mentioned that “nobody labored tougher or contributed greater than Jon to deliver Trevor residence.”

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The Reeds additionally thanked officers, comparable to President Biden, Ambassador John Sullivan and Congressman August Pfluger, R-Texas, for his or her work. 

The Reeds requested that the general public respect their privateness whereas they type out the subsequent few days and what subsequent steps to take with their son upon his return. 

“Whereas we perceive the curiosity in Trevor’s story – and as quickly as he’s prepared, he’ll inform his personal story – we’d respectfully ask for some privateness whereas we handle the myriad of well being points introduced on by the squalid circumstances he was subjected to in his Russian gulag,” the assertion added. 

The household highlighted the plight of households struggling in comparable circumstances, such because the Whelan household, whose son Paul Whelan has remained in Russian custody for over three years.