Family of Abel Abebe asks public for donations

By Our Staff Writer
| February 4, 2010




The grieving family and friends of Abel Abebe, the 27-year-old bright student of biochemical engineering at Arizona State University who was killed in a horrific car crash on February 1 in Phoenix, are asking the public for a helping hand. They want to send the body of their loved one for burial in his native Ethiopia. Following is the full text of the press release:


Dear fellow Ethiopians, and friends:

We are in need of your kind assistance. We the family, friends and loved ones of Abel Abebe are pleading with the public to help us through these hard times that has confronted itself before us. As many of you have seen on the news or read about in the paper, Abel Abebe, a bright students at Arizona State University who had a promising future ahead of him, has been taken away from us. He was involved in an accident Monday February 1 that took away a genial, caring young man from amongst us. A Man and a woman that were engaged in a police car chase made the decision to run the red light at 19th avenue and Baseline. They made the decision to take something away that could never be worth the 6pack of beer they were being chased for. They took away a priceless life for a 10 dollar item. We have set up an account in his name at all Bank of America locations and we are asking for your help in spreading the news. If you would like to contribute to his family please go to your nearest Bank of America and simply tell the teller you would like to donate to Abel Abebe account. We would like our brother to rest in peace in his birth country Ethiopia and the family could use any contribution. We are pleading with the public to help his loved ones in this time of need. Even a penny could go a long way.

Thank you so very much for your help.


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