Exchange student starved while in Egypt?

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Jonathan McCullum was in perfect health at 155 lbs when he left to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.

But when he returned home to Maine 4 months later, the 5'9" teenager weighed a mere 97 pounds and was so weak that he struggled to carry his baggage or climb a flight of stairs. Doctors said he was at risk for a heart attack.

Do you think this was intentional? And what recourse does he have?

Harumph! · Accepted Answer

Let's not be naïve here. They had their hands on an American and thought they would teach him a lesson in pure middle east 'culture'. 

It's pure torture, plain and simple. Where's Al Sharpton and CAIR on this? Oh wait, he's just a white boy, so it's no big deal, right?

xo379 · Answer

He probably got a disease while there--there are LOTS of diseases that Americans are vulnerable to while abroad, and they will make you sickly and cause you to lose a lot of weight.
I doubt he was starved intentionally. Didn't the campus provide a food plan? Did he not have money to go out and get food for himself? Furthermore, why didn't he contact his school as soon as he began to suspect that he was being starved? If he tries to bring this to court it will not go anywhere.

Anonymous · Answer

This is a tough one... I guess if one wants to look at the bright side an American kid returned from a year in the middle east.... alive.

Exchange student starved while in Egypt?

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