Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

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Anonymous wrote:What doesn’t make sense is that he was overcome by a big wave but got out and then passed out, why he wasn’t more worried about her when he came to and made sure she was in her room. This there was a big huge scary wave but I then passed out but didn’t think about her when I went back to my room at 955 am is suspect.

Because he was totally drunk and barely knew her? And was so drunk he passed out on the beach for a few hours, probably with only a hazy memory about what happened when he woke up?

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Anonymous wrote:What doesn’t make sense is that he was overcome by a big wave but got out and then passed out, why he wasn’t more worried about her when he came to and made sure she was in her room. This there was a big huge scary wave but I then passed out but didn’t think about her when I went back to my room at 955 am is suspect.

Because he was totally drunk and barely knew her? And was so drunk he passed out on the beach for a few hours, probably with only a hazy memory about what happened when he woke up?

The article I read said he was not a suspect and was allowed to leave DR.

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Anonymous wrote:Om Shanthi. I pray for her soul. My heart hurts for her family and friends. I’m Indian American from a similar background. Her parents looked so shocked. I can only imagine how proud they were of their premed daughter. May they find peace.

Why not just "how proud of their daughter"? Who gives a damn about major, oh right, the "Indian American from a similar background."

She's not American she's an Indian citizen living in the us

Technically. The "Indian American" (or take another country like Dominican American) part is commonly used by those who while they are not American by birth nor did they get naturalized (didn't get US citizenship) but have lived in US most of their lives so will hypnanate because they associate with being American. As in this young woman's case, it was said she came to the US in 2006 and they say she is 20. So she came to US when she was 1 or 2 years old. Not knowing if she ever went back to live in India after she moved to US so they write Indian American.

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Anonymous wrote:I bet the friends didn't want to get involved because of their questionable us citizenship status

What? The friends in this case could be seen as suspects possibly why they don't want to get involved, or have been instructed not to if they have someone representing them. no one knows what actually happened.

They're not suspects. She is an adult who did adult things alone. It's not cool that they did not stay together but that is not a crime.

And how do you know they are not?

Because they were not with her.

And how do you know there was no foul play by them before they all went to the beach after 3am lobby alcohol? YOU don't know. Let them find before you make another conclusion about what happened

The police have literally said this. The parents just don’t want to listen. All of the friends and the boy have been cleared and are allowed to leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pitt’s not actually that hard to get into. And you certainly don’t need to go to TJ to do it.

Yes. They give good merit if you are a good student which if you went to TJ is highly likely. Pitt's research finding could change with Fed funding getting gutted tho.

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt’s not actually that hard to get into. And you certainly don’t need to go to TJ to do it.

Yes. They give good merit if you are a good student which if you went to TJ is highly likely. Pitt's research finding could change with Fed funding getting gutted tho.

*funding

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Anonymous wrote:What doesn’t make sense is that he was overcome by a big wave but got out and then passed out, why he wasn’t more worried about her when he came to and made sure she was in her room. This there was a big huge scary wave but I then passed out but didn’t think about her when I went back to my room at 955 am is suspect.

Because he was totally drunk and barely knew her? And was so drunk he passed out on the beach for a few hours, probably with only a hazy memory about what happened when he woke up?

The article I read said he was not a suspect and was allowed to leave DR.

Because his story is credible and I'm sure the group of partiers attested to how drunk both of them were. There's no reason to suspect malfeasance here, just being young and having poor judgment. Unfortunately the kids with strict upbringings are often ones to act out and go a little crazy in college. Poor girl, just a dumb innocent mistake made a million times by others with no grave consequences.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people even go to DR? It seems like your chances of dying are pretty high there.

This is so silly. People can drown anywhere there's an ocean.

I've been to DR (not the Riu, but a nearby beach) and the red flags were out almost every day. And they were serious about it too - the lifeguards were blowing the whistle any time somebody had more than their feet in the ocean. Of course there are no lifeguards at 4 am.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people even go to DR? It seems like your chances of dying are pretty high there.

This is so silly. People can drown anywhere there's an ocean.

I've been to DR (not the Riu, but a nearby beach) and the red flags were out almost every day. And they were serious about it too - the lifeguards were blowing the whistle any time somebody had more than their feet in the ocean. Of course there are no lifeguards at 4 am.

And two highly intoxicated kids are not going to pay attention to red flags, if they even saw them in the dark.

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Anonymous wrote:Om Shanthi. I pray for her soul. My heart hurts for her family and friends. I’m Indian American from a similar background. Her parents looked so shocked. I can only imagine how proud they were of their premed daughter. May they find peace.

Why not just "how proud of their daughter"? Who gives a damn about major, oh right, the "Indian American from a similar background."

She's not American she's an Indian citizen living in the us

Technically. The "Indian American" (or take another country like Dominican American) part is commonly used by those who while they are not American by birth nor did they get naturalized (didn't get US citizenship) but have lived in US most of their lives so will hypnanate because they associate with being American. As in this young woman's case, it was said she came to the US in 2006 and they say she is 20. So she came to US when she was 1 or 2 years old. Not knowing if she ever went back to live in India after she moved to US so they write Indian American.

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[Anonymous]

Can someone please explain about this "lobby alcohol?"

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Anonymous wrote:Om Shanthi. I pray for her soul. My heart hurts for her family and friends. I’m Indian American from a similar background. Her parents looked so shocked. I can only imagine how proud they were of their premed daughter. May they find peace.

Why not just "how proud of their daughter"? Who gives a damn about major, oh right, the "Indian American from a similar background."

She's not American she's an Indian citizen living in the us

Technically. The "Indian American" (or take another country like Dominican American) part is commonly used by those who while they are not American by birth nor did they get naturalized (didn't get US citizenship) but have lived in US most of their lives so will hypnanate because they associate with being American. As in this young woman's case, it was said she came to the US in 2006 and they say she is 20. So she came to US when she was 1 or 2 years old. Not knowing if she ever went back to live in India after she moved to US so they write Indian American.

But it would be untrue. If you aren't a citizen, you aren't American.

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Why didn't they get citizenship

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain about this "lobby alcohol?"

Bar in the lobby? Sounds like they were hanging out and drinking for hours. It sucks they weren't cut off at any point, but the drinking age in DR is 18 so it was legal.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain about this "lobby alcohol?"

Bar in the lobby? Sounds like they were hanging out and drinking for hours. It sucks they weren't cut off at any point, but the drinking age in DR is 18 so it was legal.

Ok. Thanks.
Someone several pages back said something about how young adults should be taught to never drink the alcohol in the lobby, or something like that. I've never been to DR or anywhere like that, so I wasn't sure what that was about.