Overnight Flight

Following a phone interview with a journalist from the London Daily Mail, Mai Anh, Thien Nhan and Nghinh joined friends of Son Michael Pham’s for some familiar food at a Vietnamese restaurant in Seattle. Then it was time to say “Cam on & hen gap lai” (Thank you & see you again) to all of their new friends in Seattle.

On Sunday night, the family caught a 10.30pm flight to Boston, where Sue Hammond of War Legacies Project (http://warlegacies.org/) met them early on Monday morning. From there, they all drove to Sue’s home in New Hampshire, which lies near Dartmouth University Medical Centre. The family is now resting up in preparation for Thien Nhan’s medical exams.

Visitors for Thien Nhan

Thien Nhan had a busy Saturday morning. Sue from War Legacies, a US-based non-profit group that does a lot of great work with Agent Orange victims and disabled people in Vietnam, stopped by to meet Thien Nhan and Mai Anh for the first time. They also met Simmone, an Australian physiotherapist and businesswoman who came by to examine his leg stump and review his leg exercises. Both Sue and Simmone were both amazed by how fast Thien Nhan can move without his prosthetic limb--nobody can keep up with his one-legged crawling!