redfox
3-13-12, 9:21pm
Catherine's post & prayers to/for her father reminded me that today is the 6th anniversary of the disappearance of a young man I knew as he was growing up on Lopez. The oldest son of friends, Ryan was a young man learning & teaching in Asia when he disappeared in a remote area of Laos. His parents got the call as they were packing to go visit him - it had taken 3 weeks for reports of his disappearance to make it to the Embassy. They have been back to Laos many times to search.
From the FBI poster:
"Ryan Braben Chicovsky was teaching English in China when he travelled to Laos on vacation. He was last seen on or about March 13, 2006, leaving
the Khemkong Guesthouse in Xiangkok, a remote river village in Northwestern Laos.
His backpack, clothes, money, passport, boots, and toiletries were all discovered in his room. Approximately three weeks after the reported
disappearance, local villagers discovered Chicovsky's camera, room key, and T-shirt four kilometers north of Xiangkok. The condition of the
items indicates they had been kept inside and out of the rain.
If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate."
http://ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com/2012/03/after-six-years.html
The family & community puts word out regularly to help find him, and so I post this blog link just in case. Life is both tenacious & fragile. Hug your kids.
From the FBI poster:
"Ryan Braben Chicovsky was teaching English in China when he travelled to Laos on vacation. He was last seen on or about March 13, 2006, leaving
the Khemkong Guesthouse in Xiangkok, a remote river village in Northwestern Laos.
His backpack, clothes, money, passport, boots, and toiletries were all discovered in his room. Approximately three weeks after the reported
disappearance, local villagers discovered Chicovsky's camera, room key, and T-shirt four kilometers north of Xiangkok. The condition of the
items indicates they had been kept inside and out of the rain.
If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate."
http://ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com/2012/03/after-six-years.html
The family & community puts word out regularly to help find him, and so I post this blog link just in case. Life is both tenacious & fragile. Hug your kids.