<story><title>Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed</title><url>http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article134508139.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>geodel</author><text>It is indeed a terrible loss. But what I don&amp;#x27;t understand is:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; His bereaved wife and his family are trying to raise money to send his body back to India for his funeral&lt;p&gt;Is it a common thing to raise money as in community support etc or despite being engineers and all people just do not save money for their emergency needs.&lt;p&gt;Edit: Sorry about this question. Now I think it is rather tactless question, asked on this unfortunate occasion.</text></item><item><author>linuxkerneldev</author><text>&amp;quot;Srinivas Kuchibhotla, died of his injuries in a Kansas City hospital. He is said to have left behind a wife who is five months pregnant. 
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His bereaved wife and his family are trying to raise money to send his body back to India for his funeral.
&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m terribly ashamed of the state of our shining city upon on a hill.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lukeschlather</author><text>Even assuming his wife was also working, it&amp;#x27;s a good bet she has plenty of bills to pay, and dipping into savings for funeral expenses when you just lost half your household income is not something I would ever suggest anyone do.</text></comment>
<story><title>Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed</title><url>http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article134508139.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>geodel</author><text>It is indeed a terrible loss. But what I don&amp;#x27;t understand is:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; His bereaved wife and his family are trying to raise money to send his body back to India for his funeral&lt;p&gt;Is it a common thing to raise money as in community support etc or despite being engineers and all people just do not save money for their emergency needs.&lt;p&gt;Edit: Sorry about this question. Now I think it is rather tactless question, asked on this unfortunate occasion.</text></item><item><author>linuxkerneldev</author><text>&amp;quot;Srinivas Kuchibhotla, died of his injuries in a Kansas City hospital. He is said to have left behind a wife who is five months pregnant. 
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His bereaved wife and his family are trying to raise money to send his body back to India for his funeral.
&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m terribly ashamed of the state of our shining city upon on a hill.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>erik998</author><text>The costs of a funeral, transportation, and legal work can be excessive. Additionally, no one plans to be shot at a young age. I am sure they would rather spend their savings on their children&amp;#x2F;healthcare&amp;#x2F;rent now that there is no one providing for their household. Just because he was an engineer does not mean he was paid 10x everyone else.</text></comment>