An emotional Marc Fogel, the American teacher held captive in Russia for more than three years, told President Trump on Tuesday night that he was forever indebted to him for securing his release as he was greeted at the White House.

- A drawn portrait of Marc Fogel, who has been detained in Russia since August 2021, hangs on rails outside of the White House during a demonstration organized by his family, July 15, 2023, in Washington.

American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, freed by Russia after three and a half years in prison, got a flag-waving welcome from U.S. President Donald Trump at a snowy White House on Tuesday after a flight home from Moscow.