about the kind of life he led outside the restaurant? you know, i think people here knew he was learning thai and showing an interest. i don t think people here knew much about his private life. he was friend with the folks here. he was a regular face here. the customers who come here all the time, you know, treated him like family. i don t think people knew much about him privately. there was the one gun arrest as you know here in fort worth. the gun went off through the ceiling of his apartment into an apartment above, while he was cleaning it, in texas. that sounds like something that could happen. the people, you could understand, you know, a misfire like that. so i don t think people take something like that very seriously. we are here about a mile from naval air station forth worth. so there are a lot of defense community here. defense contractors arrive by lockheed martin. we are used to seeing people coming into this community and immigrant-owned restaurants here. he seemed
victims and the families and everyone affected. i m so sorry that that happened. aaron was a very polite, friendly man. i got to know him two years ago when he first started helping out at the restaurant. he had an excitement for life, learning thai, getting involved with the community, the buddhist temple down the road. first we got to know him as a waiter. it wasn t until i started dating my husband, the owner of the restaurant, in spring of 2012 that i got to know aaron more. one of the things he talked about was 9/11 and how he was there and he saw the towers come down from where he was working. i don t know at the time where he was. but he just cannot believe, he and his co-workers at the time were just in shock and disbelief like all americans, that the twin towers were there. he had an anger towards the