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\"Each day, we worry that our son will become the next Otto Warmbier,\" the Reed parents said in a statement, referring to an American student who died after detainment in North Korea. \"We hope the President will be able to find the time to see us. We need his Administration to stop deliberating and start acting. We believe the President (whom we voted for) is the only person who can save our son's life.\"

The Reeds have also used the moment to raise awareness about other Americans detained in Russia, including WNBA star Brittney Griner and Whelan, who was sentenced to 16 years in prison in what the U.S. ambassador to Russia called a \"mockery of justice.\"

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PHOTO: Joey and Paula Reed pose for a photo with a portrait of their son Marine veteran and Russian prisoner Trevor Reed at their home in Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 15, 2022.
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\"The time is now to bring home Trevor, Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner. As we have said for more than a year, we continue to worry escalating tensions, or rhetoric, could lead to Russian authorities inventing additional false charges against Trevor,\" they said in the statement.

Trevor's parents' said they had asked their son, in one of the few times they've been able to speak since his imprisonment, what he would tell the president -- but said he had nothing to say.

\"I think that he's forgotten about me,\" Reed allegedly said.

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PHOTO: President Joe Biden speaks about status of the country's fight against COVID-19 in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, March 30, 2022.
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ABC News asked Joey Reed if he thought Biden's comment that seemed to imply he wanted a regime change in Russia hurt their chances of getting their son home.

\"You'd have to ask Putin,\" he said. \"We believe that -- the comments about Putin -- we don't want to comment on them but obviously they're not helpful. But I guess they speak for themselves,\" he added.

They said they planned to stay in Washington through Friday.

ABC News' Patrick Reevell and Conor Finnegan contributed to this report.

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