
Paul Whelan, a former US Marine who was detained in Russian prisons for nearly six years, said “thank you to everybody” following his arrival to the United States as a freed man. While proudly displaying an American flag pin given to him by President Joe Biden, Whelan told media gathered at Kelly Field in Texas that his journey to freedom didn’t feel real at first. “It didn’t feel real until we were flying over England. I’m a British citizen, Irish citizen, Canadian and American. So as we came over England...