Rais Bhuyian was shot in the face by Mark Stroman shortly after the 9/11 terror attack as part of a claimed revenge spree. Since these events took place in Texas - a deep red state which loves to kill people to show that killing people is wrong - Mark Stroman is scheduled to die for the deaths of two South Asians during the shooting spree that left Bhuyian blind in one eye.
Bhuyian is a Muslim immigrant from Bangladesh who is now working hard to save the life of the man who shot him in the face.Stroman sounds like pretty much of a low life. He boasted from prison in rhyming verse about being the "Arab Slayer". He now says he was wrong and "made a terrible mistake out of love, grief and anger". Cynic that I am, I suspect it was born out of hate, bigotry, and stupidity.
Whatever you think of Rais Bhuyian, he adds a rare and refreshing example of being better than the sum of our parts.
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