Journalist Fenster reunited with family in New York, pledges to work for detained in Myanmar

American journalist Danny Fenster, who was released from prison on Monday after negotiations between former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson and the ruling military junta in Myanmar, embraces his brother Bryan, his mother Rose and father Buddy after arriving at JFK International Airport in New York, U.S. November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

(Reuters) - Journalist Danny Fenster had an emotional reunion with his family on his return to the United States on Tuesday after more than five months in a Myanmar prison cell, and he pledged to keep working for others still detained in the country.

Fenster, 37, still wearing a red wool hat he said was given to him by a fellow inmate, said at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport that he felt "incredible" after being freed on Monday despite an 11-year prison sentence handed down just three days earlier.