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Vietnamese refugee forgoes vacation to volunteer in the Gulf Coast and sees pieces of his past

August 12, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Instead of spending his vacation on a beach somewhere, Thao Tran, a Vietnamese refugee and staff assistant to Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, went to the Gulf Coast to see its present condition and volunteer. What he experienced there has affected him profoundly …

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: BP, During Katrina, Gulf Coast, Lee Xie, NWAW, New Orleans, Puget Sound, Seattle, Spike Lee, Thao Tran, Tran It, Tran Without, Vietnamese

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