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He relates the tragedy of Sri Lanka to his life

• Talks about how his father died on the operating table so he can relate loss in his life to the Sri Lanka tragedy


• When his father died he grew farther apart from his brother


• Went to Yale University


• April 1988, his mother and him noticed that his brother was acting differently than normal, he later learned that his brother had recently broken up with his long time girlfriend.


• His brother was still acting differently than usual and when he went to visit his mother he went to the balcony, where he committed suicide right in front of their mother


• He reacted to his brother's death with mixed emotions because he was sad that his brother was gone but was also angry that his brother could leave his mom and himself

In Sri Lanka

• He and his camera crew investigated an article that states that during the tsunami there have been a case of kidnappings where two siblings have been taken


• While investigating the kidnappings of Jinandari and Sunera, he learns that the children were in a car accident. At the place where the accident occurred, Cooper asked the local hotel manager about the newspaper article. He said that the children had died during the accident.


• The only problem with this story is that the article said that a man on the motorcycle took the children


• When they managed to catch up to the man on the motorcycle he said that he saw the little girl and she still had a pulse. He tried to take her to the hospital on his motorcycle but on the way she died


• He was only doing a good deed but instead he got a bad name for trying to help someone out


• Later Cooper learned that some stories are only written to attract readers and they do not always publish the truth