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“But we never learn what it goes to show, because he never got to finish the letter. He never got to finish a lot of things. We want to say he died like a hero. We want to say he was brave until the end. And maybe he was. Maybe he was. But he was also just a kid. He was a scared kid who died far from home, in a country that wasn't his, a country that took his blood and his weight and is tears and didn't give him back to us.” — Traci Chee
But we never learn what it goes to show, because he never got to finish the letter.
He never got to finish a lot of things.
We want to say he died like a hero. We want to say he was brave until the end. And maybe he was. Maybe he was.
But he was also just a kid. He was a scared kid who died far from home, in a country that wasn't his, a country that took his blood and his weight and is tears and didn't give him back to us.