Jonathan McCullum claims that the Coptic family almost killed him
Posted by Lhurey on February 28, 2008 · 1 Comment
A straight-A student, outgoing and very athletic 17-year-old Jonathan McCullum, claims that the Coptic Family in Alexandria, Egypt almost killed him. The 17-year-old boy was to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt. Hanna, the host father, an engineer, said his family went out of its way to prepare special foods, including fish and chicken, for McCullum during the fast periods.
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As a citizen of this country I’m embarrassed that we have tried this Egyptian family in the press, with so little information coming from their side. I’m disgusted that mention of a lawsuit by the parents accompanied the first news items. Here is a student, who is just months short of attaining adult status in the eyes of the law. What are his responsibilities for his own health, even at age 17? They are immense. We would expect him to know not to have unsafe sex, not to drive while under the influence, and to loudly ask for help if he was not getting proper nourishment. In fact, he had a Facebook and Myspace presence, and was constantly in touch with his friends back home–though not his parents obviously. Egypt is a place where one can get food from a street vendor for pennies, shop at mini-marts, or eat American-style fast foods. If you think I believe he never dined out with his friends, I do not. I’m angry we are being taken for a ride by this kid and his parents. They deleted his previously public internet journal of his Egypt experience, and now they have made his other internet presence private. I visited his myspace page before it was made private. My impressions of him and his friends lead me to believe it is ludicrous to believe he could not find “anything under the sun” in Egypt. We are being hoodwinked, misled, and preyed upon by this family. I hope responsible journalism will show eventually that there is much more to this picture that has been told so far.