Here's what Erika Hayasaki wrote us when she sent this piece: "This is an example of going back after the news is 'over' and finding the richer story. I read the news story in the LA Times one morning. The headline read: 'Man Kills Wife, Son and Then Himself: The 55-year-old, who was active in a local Korean church, also shoots his teenage daughter, who is expected to survive.' I knew immediately that I wanted to find the 16-year-old girl who survived. But I did not even know her name. It took months of getting kicked out of the hospital and shut out by family members before I could interview her. When I finally did talk to her, I spent many hours walking her through the very painful details of her experience. It was emotionally exhausting. I wonder, if I had not tried, or if I had given up when people shut me out, would Bin Na's powerful story ever have been told? That is what happens sometimes when we report the news and then quickly move on to the next breaking assignment. Sometimes we miss the real story."
Read “The Daughter,” by Erika Hayasaki
Read “The Daughter,” by Erika Hayasaki
