Exchange Student from Maine, Starved While in Egypt

[MsVada]

Exchange Student from Maine, Starved While in Egypt

HALLOWELL, Maine (AP) — Jonathan McCullum was in perfect health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.

But when he returned home to Maine just four months later, the 5-foot-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.

McCullum says he was denied sufficient food while staying with a family of Coptic Christians, who fast for more than 200 days a year, a regimen unmatched by other Christians.


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The pictures on the website are quite shocking.  I cannot believe this sort of thing happens to others while being a guest in another country.  I hope these people stop sending our students to such homes without thoroughly checking them out.