#StarExclusive: Canada’s outgoing ambassador to China revealed new details on the emotional flight that brought the ‘two Michaels’ home.
"When they walked into the room, that’s the first time they’ve seen each other. And … it was just emotional."
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"When they walked into the room, that’s the first time they’ve seen each other. And … it was just emotional."
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“They were full of vim and vigour,” Dominic Barton said. “They were talking and you know, just like a firehose, just ideas and what they were doing, and talking with each other.” thestar.com/politics/feder…
Barton said Kovrig and Spavor, who had known each other casually before their arrests and were aware of each other’s plight, saw each other for the first time just before the flight.
“Them seeing each other was pretty special." thestar.com/politics/feder…
“Them seeing each other was pretty special." thestar.com/politics/feder…
About an hour and a half into their flight Barton said he suggested ‘Hey guys, how about we take a nap, even for an hour?’ and they were like, ‘No way,’ and it was high energy from them through the whole flight.
"There was not a second of rest.” thestar.com/politics/feder…
"There was not a second of rest.” thestar.com/politics/feder…
Barton said he wasn’t surprised by their resilience on the trip back because he’d seen that during monthly consular visits pre-pandemic.
A doctor and a psychiatrist were at hand though in case they were needed, but the men were going “full tilt.” thestar.com/politics/feder…
A doctor and a psychiatrist were at hand though in case they were needed, but the men were going “full tilt.” thestar.com/politics/feder…
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