Khizr Khan says U.Va. made his son the man he was

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Khizr Khan says U.Va. made his son the man he was

Father of late Army Capt. Humayun Khan speaks at Old Cabell Hall

by Caity Seed and Dani Bernstein | Nov 02 2016 | 6 hours ago

“We only conclude — Mrs. Khan and I — that we were blessed to have him for 27 years,” Khizr Khan said of his son, late Army Capt. Humayun Khan, in an interview with The Cavalier Daily. ... “In those 27 years people would think that we may have taught him a thing or two. Not at all,” Khan continued. “He taught us. He continues to teach us. And it was under his spirit — under his grace — that we continue to stand up again and again and again.”

Humayun Khan — a College graduate who attended the University from 1996-2000 before joining the United States Army — died while serving in Iraq in 2004.*

Khizr Khan spoke with The Cavalier Daily at the Miller Center, which hosted him Tuesday for a private taping of the show “American Forum” and for a public event at Old Cabell Hall.
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The audience at Old Cabell Hall gave Khan a standing ovation before and after he spoke. Khan thanked the University students present — whom he referred to as “our future leaders” — for their support. Of his son, he said, “Whenever I look at this crowd, I feel as if he is sitting among them.”

* When they say "College graduate," what they mean is "the College of Arts and Sciences," the undergraduate liberal arts division of UVa, as opposed to the Engineering School or the Architecture School.

[elleng]

1. Thanks for this,

tho starting the afternoon with tears.

[appalachiablue]

2. K & R. Great news.