{"id":282707,"date":"2022-07-04T22:54:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T20:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=282707"},"modified":"2022-07-04T22:54:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T20:54:08","slug":"brittney-griner-writes-to-joe-biden-im-terrified-i-might-be-here-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/brittney-griner-writes-to-joe-biden-im-terrified-i-might-be-here-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner writes to Joe Biden: I&#8217;m terrified I might be here forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA star Brittney Griner,\u00a0detained in Russia since February, sent a letter to the U.S. president asking him to do everything possible to bring her back to America.<\/p>\n<p>Griner, jailed on drug-dealing charges, pleaded for her freedom and said she is terrified she will not be able to leave Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;as I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I&#8217;m terrified I might be here forever&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the 4th of July, our family normally honors the service of those who fought for our freedom, including my father who is a Vietnam War Veteran,&#8217; she continued. &#8216;It hurts thinking about how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this year&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I realize you are dealing with so much, but please don&#8217;t forget about me and the other American Detainees,&#8217; Griner wrote. &#8216;Please do all you can to bring us home. I voted for the first time in 2020 and I voted for you. I believe in you. I still have so much good to do with my freedom that you can help restore. I miss my wife! I miss my family! I miss my teammates! It kills me to know they are suffering so much right now. I am grateful for whatever you can do at this moment to get me home.&#8217;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: A letter from Brittney Griner was sent to the White House today, making a direct appeal to President Biden for her freedom. Representatives shared the following excerpts: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pvh4IpOfou\">pic.twitter.com\/pvh4IpOfou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TJQuinnESPN\/status\/1544043021213356038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Griner asked Joe Bidan to do everything possible for her and other U.S. prisoners in Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":282706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[403],"tags":[16084],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-282707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wnba","tag-brittney-griner-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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