‘Get my son home’: Travis King’s mother pleads after US soldier crosses into North Korea

Claudine Gates, mother of Travis King, the U.S. soldier who split from a tour group and made a dash across the heavily fortified border of North Korea, spoke outside her home in Racine, Wisc. and asked people to pray for her son’s safe return. “Get my son home and pray, pray that he comes back,” she said.

• North Korea claims U.S. soldier crossed border due to disillusionment with America