Freed American prisoners of a historic prisoner swap with Russia speak to their loved ones over the phone from the Oval Office ahead of their arrival in the U.S
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00:00I miss you so much!
00:03This is mom. This is mom.
00:06Can you hear me? This is mom.
00:08Salam Aleykum!
00:10I'm so happy!
00:12We're in the Oval Office.
00:16Yes, Katyusha, is that you?
00:18Yes, dad. Hi.
00:20Hi, little one.
00:22Hi, it's good to hear you.
00:24Where are you?
00:26We're in the Oval Office.
00:28No word is strong enough for this.
00:30I was sure I'm going to die in prison.
00:32I don't believe what's happening.
00:34I still think I'm sleeping
00:36in my prison cell in Omsk,
00:38instead of hearing your voice.
00:40But I just wanted you to know that
00:42you've done a wonderful thing by saving so many people.
00:44I think there are 16 of us on the plane.
00:46Again, I still can't believe it's happening.
00:48So I just wanted to say that
00:50I don't think there are many things
00:52more important than saving human lives.
00:54We're going to see you at Andrews.
00:56Don't pretend you don't know us, okay?