Family of Teen Who Drowned in Blue River Escaped Oppression in Burma

STORY. RIVER. REPORTER: HE DROWNED NEAR HERE WHILE FISHING. HE WAS IN EAST HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR WHO WAS COMING INTO HIS OWN AFTER SPENDING MOST OF HIS LIFE IN A REFUGEE CAMP. . REPORTER: HE WAS LOVING HIS AMERICAN LIFE. A POPULAR JUNIOR AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL, HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF HIS OPPORTUNITIES. BUT FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A FUN TIME TURNED TRAGIC. THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN FAMILY. HE SLIPPED. DESPITE HIS BROTHER'S EFFORTS, THE CURRENT SWEPT HIM AWAY. THE PAIN OF HIS LOSS IS SWEEPING THROUGH THE FAMILY. >> WE WANT TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE. MEMORIES, GOOD AND BAD. HE WAS AN INFANT WHEN HIS FAMILY REFUGEE CAMP IN THAILAND. THEY LIVED THEIR 13 YEARS BEFORE FINALLY GETTING THE RIGHT PAPERS OF APPROVAL TO COME TO KANSAS CITY TO HAVE YEARS AGO. TONIGHT, THE FAMILY SAYS THEY TOO SHORT. >> EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE WE COMPUTER, I SEE HIM EVERYWHERE. HIGHWAY BE LEARNED FROM THIS SAID STORY.