Word: thai
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Edward H. Thai ’07, political chair of the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students’ Association (HRCSA), said his personal experience supports the thesis of Louie’s new book...
...grew up in suburban America, and I haven’t suffered any difficulties per se,” said Thai, who is a second-generation Chinese-Vietnamese-American, “whereas I have family in poorer Philadelphia who don’t have the same opportunities and have a harder time doing well...
...even the most seasoned forensic experts say they are overwhelmed. "We've never been involved in anything of this magnitude," says Johnie Webb, a senior adviser for the Hawaii-based Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, an agency set up to find and identify missing U.S. soldiers that is helping the Thai-led effort. "9/11 pales in comparison...
...says Geva. "We're searching the area for some kind of clue." Working on little food or sleep, Geva's group has pored over lists of victims on a website so heavily trafficked by bereaved relatives that it sometimes crashes and has examined hundreds of corpses despite warnings from Thai police to stay away for health reasons. "It wasn't a pretty sight," says Geva, "but it's something that needs to be done...
...many of those left behind, hope that loved ones might still be alive has given way to a desire for some kind of closure. A few days after the tsunami, a Thai woman named Somsap Sukdi went to Phuket's provincial hall to pin up pictures of her missing German husband, Markus Knoesel. Now, carrying their 2-year-old son Jimmy in her arms, Somsap, tears streaming down her face, slowly walks the length of the notice board, removing those pictures. Knoesel's body was positively identified the previous day. "He's not missing anymore," she says softly, a widow...