Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many people from the US really don't realize how lucky they have it here.
Most parts of the world are very dangerous by comparison, and life is cheap.

Even in the safest part of the world, someone wandering off drunk at 4 am could drown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pray that she is found safe. Sad that her ethnicity precludes more publicity that may help find her.

Bless your heart. It’s on TMZ and People now. Media outlets were just alerted this morning, and it’s Sunday morning. But, you’re racist, so.

I truly hope she is safe and they find her.

I hope we are wrong and the press keeps up the coverage but it’s a fact that missing brown and black girls don’t receive the same amount of press as missing white girls.

https://www.knoe.com/2024/12/26/gabby-petitos-father-starts-foundation-increase-media-coverage-missing-black-brown-people/?outputType=amp

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/legislation/hearings/the-neglected-epidemic-of-missing-bipoc-women-and-girls

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/when-a-black-person-goes-missing-families-say-their-cases-get-left-behind

PP you're responding to. Agree that was the case. It's not longer the case. Let's move on from the past, let go of virtue signaling and anger and old liberal talking points and focus on sending well wishes to her family and pray that she returns home safely. If you're really that concerned, you'd redirect the time you spent googling left leaning data and you'd be emailing news outlets with her info instead. You're just salivating to turn this into an issue of racism. Let's keep this productive.

You’re wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pray that she is found safe. Sad that her ethnicity precludes more publicity that may help find her.

Bless your heart. It’s on TMZ and People now. Media outlets were just alerted this morning, and it’s Sunday morning. But, you’re racist, so.

I truly hope she is safe and they find her.

I hope we are wrong and the press keeps up the coverage but it’s a fact that missing brown and black girls don’t receive the same amount of press as missing white girls.

https://www.knoe.com/2024/12/26/gabby-petitos-father-starts-foundation-increase-media-coverage-missing-black-brown-people/?outputType=amp

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/legislation/hearings/the-neglected-epidemic-of-missing-bipoc-women-and-girls

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/when-a-black-person-goes-missing-families-say-their-cases-get-left-behind

PP you're responding to. Agree that was the case. It's not longer the case. Let's move on from the past, let go of virtue signaling and anger and old liberal talking points and focus on sending well wishes to her family and pray that she returns home safely. If you're really that concerned, you'd redirect the time you spent googling left leaning data and you'd be emailing news outlets with her info instead. You're just salivating to turn this into an issue of racism. Let's keep this productive.

You’re wrong.

You’re an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pray that she is found safe. Sad that her ethnicity precludes more publicity that may help find her.

Bless your heart. It’s on TMZ and People now. Media outlets were just alerted this morning, and it’s Sunday morning. But, you’re racist, so.

I truly hope she is safe and they find her.

I hope we are wrong and the press keeps up the coverage but it’s a fact that missing brown and black girls don’t receive the same amount of press as missing white girls.

https://www.knoe.com/2024/12/26/gabby-petitos-father-starts-foundation-increase-media-coverage-missing-black-brown-people/?outputType=amp

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/legislation/hearings/the-neglected-epidemic-of-missing-bipoc-women-and-girls

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/when-a-black-person-goes-missing-families-say-their-cases-get-left-behind

PP you're responding to. Agree that was the case. It's not longer the case. Let's move on from the past, let go of virtue signaling and anger and old liberal talking points and focus on sending well wishes to her family and pray that she returns home safely. If you're really that concerned, you'd redirect the time you spent googling left leaning data and you'd be emailing news outlets with her info instead. You're just salivating to turn this into an issue of racism. Let's keep this productive.

Shut the fuuuu up. Nancy Grace wasn’t talking about this poor girl last night.

You shut up, loser. I live in the community. There wasn’t a push to get this on media until late yesterday, early this morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

The only people who can have a big impact on this are people in the exact place where she went missing.

People think all the media coverage helps but I don't think it does at all. It's just voyeuristic horror stories to frighten ourselves with. All that Natalee Holloway coverage didn't do a bit of good. Her killer wasn't busted and he reoffended.

What helps are police and other people on the ground.

And right now our fed.govt. is in a mess so I wouldn't be hoping for speedy, effective diplomacy right now...and even if it was effective...only people who saw her, maybe the local telecom if people nearby were producing phone data, and anyone involved in however she disappeared can help. So at best US diplomatic pressure might hurry up some data analysis. It wouldn't bring this poor girl home alive.

You’re exactly right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

Are they not US citizens then?

No, they are Indian citizens who moved here to send their kid to Thomas Jefferson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pray that she is found safe. Sad that her ethnicity precludes more publicity that may help find her.

Bless your heart. It’s on TMZ and People now. Media outlets were just alerted this morning, and it’s Sunday morning. But, you’re racist, so.

I truly hope she is safe and they find her.

I hope we are wrong and the press keeps up the coverage but it’s a fact that missing brown and black girls don’t receive the same amount of press as missing white girls.

https://www.knoe.com/2024/12/26/gabby-petitos-father-starts-foundation-increase-media-coverage-missing-black-brown-people/?outputType=amp

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/legislation/hearings/the-neglected-epidemic-of-missing-bipoc-women-and-girls

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/when-a-black-person-goes-missing-families-say-their-cases-get-left-behind

PP you're responding to. Agree that was the case. It's not longer the case. Let's move on from the past, let go of virtue signaling and anger and old liberal talking points and focus on sending well wishes to her family and pray that she returns home safely. If you're really that concerned, you'd redirect the time you spent googling left leaning data and you'd be emailing news outlets with her info instead. You're just salivating to turn this into an issue of racism. Let's keep this productive.

You’re wrong.

You’re an idiot.

You’re must not have read the links; the very first one is from December 2024. This problem is not over.

See how I can argue my point without name calling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

Are they not US citizens then?

No, they are Indian citizens who moved here to send their kid to Thomas Jefferson.

I don’t mean to be heartless, but this is just reality. The US Government is not going to formally get involved with a foreign government for a non-citizen. What has the family said?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many people from the US really don't realize how lucky they have it here.
Most parts of the world are very dangerous by comparison, and life is cheap.

Even in the safest part of the world, someone wandering off drunk at 4 am could drown.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/International/missing-univ-pittsburgh-student-believed-died-drowning-dominican/story%3fid=119617091

"She and this person went for a swim and were caught by a big wave, the police report said."

National U.S. media coverage isn't going to help anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

Are they not US citizens then?

No, they are Indian citizens who moved here to send their kid to Thomas Jefferson.

Couldn't they have dual citizenship?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many people from the US really don't realize how lucky they have it here.
Most parts of the world are very dangerous by comparison, and life is cheap.

Even in the safest part of the world, someone wandering off drunk at 4 am could drown.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/International/missing-univ-pittsburgh-student-believed-died-drowning-dominican/story%3fid=119617091

"She and this person went for a swim and were caught by a big wave, the police report said."

National U.S. media coverage isn't going to help anything.

Even if you're sober and a capable swimmer, swimming after dark on the beach is pretty dangerous. Your eyes and mind plays tricks on you--it's hard to see waves coming, and it's easy to get disoriented and think you're headed toward shore when you're actually going out to sea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

Are they not US citizens then?

No, they are Indian citizens who moved here to send their kid to Thomas Jefferson.

This should have been clearly stated in the whiny post up thread blaming the US officials for not going to bat for this Indian family whose Indian daughter, bless her soul, is vacationing in a third country, the DR.

I’m in Germany as I write this and a US citizen who went to McGill, and if I go missing in Munich nobody expects Canada to do the heavy lifting to find me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

Are they not US citizens then?

No, they are Indian citizens who moved here to send their kid to Thomas Jefferson.

Couldn't they have dual citizenship?

The article posted above says legal permanent resudent. I'm not really sure what the difference is between that and a dual citizen, but I assume there is a difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even though she grew up in the US, goes to college in the US and her family lives in the US, the US government wouldn't help her parents when they contacted them. So they had to go to the Indian government to put pressure on the DR and lots of time was lost.

It's taken 3 days for this to hit the media. She's a lovely, brilliant young woman - hope they find her.

Are they not US citizens then?

No, they are Indian citizens who moved here to send their kid to Thomas Jefferson.

This should have been clearly stated in the whiny post up thread blaming the US officials for not going to bat for this Indian family whose Indian daughter, bless her soul, is vacationing in a third country, the DR.

I’m in Germany as I write this and a US citizen who went to McGill, and if I go missing in Munich nobody expects Canada to do the heavy lifting to find me.

Yeah, but isn't America the world's police?

[Anonymous]

Why on earth did she go to DR?