An American Home: Fostering Lopez Lomong

Robert and Barbara Rogers are the foster parents of six Sudanese refugees who they have taken in to their Tully home on Otisco Lake over the past eight years. Lopez Lomong was the first of these "Lost Boys" from Sudan to enter their life and he has forever changed it, not only through his success as an award winning runner at Tully High School and Northern Arizona University, which led to a berth on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, but also by the perspective on life he has given them. Visit http://www.syracuse.com for more news and multimedia.

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[THP8THPS]

Man this guys awesome and whats funny is that his adoptive aunt, i think his adopted father's sister is my cooking teacher at my school XD

[AverageNegro]

That nigga could RUN!

[bkskidude11]

No not bull shit we went to school with him

[EvKbassdude07]

haha. he went to my school. too bad i was in like first grade when he graduated

[bkskidude11]

BASTARD

[PINK8666]

I meet him yesterday

[bkskidude11]

Hey Mr and Mrs Rogers, and Mr Piccia, this is Bernie K****, and congrats on lopez, cant wait to see him home again!

[bkskidude11]

Who is this im from tully to!

[mgure]

dmn man im from africa and i went to the restaurant everywhere i want so i come here in usa ain't nothing change but some people they let them self down coz they siad we never been in restaurant we never took the shower that is not true

[zaxoimissyou]

:-)