Family of Marine veteran imprisoned in Russia warns he's near death

...About 50 days ago, he was transferred from the prison to the hospital in what's been described as a state of a dissociative stupor. Some might say a catatonic state or a vegetative state. He's being fed through a tube that runs into his nose, down into his stomach. And we are literally on an hour-by-hour basis hoping that Mr. Gilman hangs on and that we can secure for him some kind of lifesaving medical evacuation out of Russia. ... Well, the tragedy of this whole story starts with the fact that, over 1,600 days ago, he started his detention...