The larger-than-life, black-and-white image of the basketball star draws viewers in, but she is just one of 18 Americans pictured.
No members of Griner’s family attended the unveiling — they were set to be honored at the ESPY awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night — but the WNBA still made its presence felt. In town to play the Washington Mystics on Thursday, New York Liberty Coach Sandy Brondello and players Stefanie Dolson, Rebecca Allen, Sami Whitcomb, Jocelyn Willoughby and Marine Johannes were in attendance and stood with the families of the detainees.
Speakers at the unveiling included Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens and Rep. Thomas Suozzi , whose constituent, businessman, has been detained by the Chinese government since 2016 on charges of espionage. Every family present was allowed to speak, including Roger Rusesabagina; his father, Paul, was the subject of the 2004 film “Hotel Rwanda,” which explored the 1994 genocide in the country.
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