Exchange student starved while in Egypt

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HALLOWELL, Maine - 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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rest of story here Exchange student starved while in Egypt - Yahoo! News
 
Wow Hallowell is 30-35ish miles south of me... And that family could've caused an international uproar. The kid was 155 pounds and not used to fasting... WTF did they expect? And Didn't Hall-Dale High School check to see wtf kinda family he was living with? I wonder if my friend Pat knows this kid or maybe relatives.


*edit* Kay now he's just an idiot... He knew he was putting himself at risk.... He was urged to transfer host families.
 
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