Today he lives in Seoul， where he rescues other defectors， and broadcasts into North Korea what the regime fears the most － the truth.
Today he has a new leg， but Seong－ho， I understand you still keep those crutches as a reminder of how far you have come. Your great sacrifice is an inspiration to us all.
Seong－ho＇s story is a testament to the yearning of every human soul to live in freedom.
It was that same yearning for freedom that nearly 250 years ago gave birth to a special place called America. It was a small cluster of colonies caught between a great ocean and a vast wilderness. But it was home to an incredible people with a revolutionary idea：that they could rule themselves. That they could chart their own destiny. And that， together， they could light up the world.
That is what our country has always been about. That is what Americans have always stood for， always strived for， and always done.
Atop the dome of this Capitol stands the Statue of Freedom. She stands tall and dignified among the monuments to our ancestors who fought and lived and died to protect her.
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