Virginia Tech Tragedy Has Impact on Indo

One of the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings was an Indonesian. His family had sold cars and property to pay his education bills. You can read the AP story by clicking here.


Here's an additional article from NPR:


Partahi Lumbantoruan
Lumbantoruan, 34, was a civil engineering doctoral student from Indonesia. His family told the Associated Press he wanted to become a teacher in the United States and they sold property and cars to pay his tuition. "We tried everything to completely finance his studies in the United States," said his father, Tohom Lumbantoruan. "We only wanted him to succeed in his studies, but ... he met a tragic fate." Lombantoruan's aunt, Christina Panjaitan, described her nephew as hardworking and intelligent. Photo: Ahmad Zamroni/AFP/Getty Images