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"We feared that his body would give out before his mind would": Trevor Reed's parents discuss their son's ordeal in Russian prison
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Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed has been freed after Russia and the U.S. agreed to a prisoner swap. The U.S. State Department has hinted over the last few days that an agreement was close, his parents said, and early Wednesday morning, they got the call that it was a done deal.
"He's doing better," Reed's father, Joey Reed, told "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell on Wednesday afternoon.
Joey and Paula Reed spoke to their son after he boarded a plane in Turkey following his release in exchange for Russian national Konstantin Yaroshenko, who in 2011 was sentenced in the U.S. to 20 years in prison on cocaine smuggling charges.
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