Police station CCTV images of a detainee who managed to slip his fists out of handcuffs before using them to attack a policeman went viral on Friday.

Early on the morning of May 24, Bryan Fenster woke up to a string of alarming text messages: His brother, Danny, had been detained at Myanmars Yangon International Airport while trying to fly home to Michigan, to surprise their parents with his first visit in three years.