Kaing Lao
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Kaing Lao Karen Lao Karen Lao
Kaing Lao always thought his brother Kam had the perfect family. One day after a deadly collision on the New York State Thruway, Mr. Lao and his relatives were a jumble of emotions, consumed by both gratitude and grief, gratitude because his nephew and his sister-in-law survived, grief because his niece did not. Kaing Lao always thought his brother Kam had the perfect family. His sister-in-law, Karen, was the devoted homemaker. His 10-year-old nephew, and his name is Andy, and 14-year-old niece, made a bright, energetic pair, taking piano lessons, joining swim teams, reading everything from novels to Japanese comic books. Mr. Lao, aged 27, said that he worked so hard for his family, and one accident it almost wiped out his whole reason for being, as he sat by Andy's hospital bed, holding the boy's left hand.