I by no means obtained the prospect to satisfy former first girl Rosalynn Carter in individual, however our paths have crossed greater than I might have imagined. I wouldn’t be within the U.S. at present if it weren’t for Carter, nor would 150,000 different Cambodian refugees who resettled right here after surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide that killed 2 million Cambodians.
In 1979, Carter first noticed me. She noticed me within the 1000’s of people that got here in waves to the border of Thailand; injured, sick or dying Cambodians who fled the autumn of the Khmer Rouge. It was 5 years earlier than I used to be born, however her actions laid the groundwork for my household to seek out shelter, to have one thing to eat once we had been hungry, or drugs once we had been sick.
In full: https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/12/01/rosalynn-carter-death-cambodian-refugees-thailand-soreath-hok
