Rais Bhuiyan
Raisuddin "Rais" Bhuiyan () (born September 1973) is a Bangladeshi American working as a technology professional in Dallas. A former officer in the Bangladesh Air Force, he was a student of Sylhet Cadet College who had went to New York City to study computer technology. After the September 11 terror attacks, Bhuiyan was one of the three people shot by white supremacist Mark Anthony Stroman. Bhuiyan survived, but lost sight in one of his eyes. Bhuiyan gained media attention after revealing that he would appeal to the court to save Stroman from the death penalty. He told MSNBC, "I'm trying to do my best not to allow the loss of another human life. I'll knock on every door possible". He said, "In Islam it says that saving one human life is the same as saving the entire mankind. Since I forgave him, all those principles encouraged me to go even further, and stop his execution and save another human life". He started a movement named World Without Hate to prevent hate crimes through education and worked with Amnesty International. Victim of terrorism Bhuiyan had moved to Texas from New York as it was cheaper and a friend had offered a