Tombol

Dear Karen, Sharaf, Sati, Sheira, and Samil,

We just heard of your loss and are profoundly shaken.  Our hearts go out to you.  We will never forget Tombol following after Sati and Seth and Ed as they played baseball and football back behind the Drexel apartments.  Tombol would laugh and laugh—he was such a happy child.  And Sati would protect him (and Samil) fiercely—the best big brother someone could have.

After reading all the postings and news articles, nothing really makes sense except for the outpouring of love for Tombol—he obviously earned it.  We too send you our love and pledge to do what we can to make this world a more compassionate world, a world with less and less senseless violence, a world where Tombol could live in peace.

Yours with deepest sympathy,

Steve and Jody Nelsen