“When his chance came to go to America, Ranjit Singh promised his wife and three young children they would not be separated for too long,†Jim Yardley and Sruthi Gottipati wrote in The New York Times. “He was taking a position at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and hoped his family might join him there.â€
“Weeks became months became 16 years,†Mr. Yardley and Ms. Gottipati wrote. His two preschool daughters grew up and each married, his infant son became a teenager.
Mr. Singh “became a voice on the telephone, calling almost daily,†they wrote, “promising that the family would be reunited as soon as his green card application was approved.â€
He last called his family on Sunday, hours later Mr. Singh was killed in the Shooting rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. “His stunned family, having lived for so long without him, is now preparing, finally, to travel to Wisconsin,†t o collect his body, Mr. Yardley and Ms. Gottipati wrote.
“He was a part of my life,†said his younger daughter, Jaspreet, 20, who was 4 years old when her father left. “He has done so much for us. Even today I miss him and want to meet him. I've never seen him before.â€
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