FIJI BROTHER/FAMILY MISSING IN MIAMI COLLAPSE

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I’m coming on here with my Greekchat friends to ask for positive thoughts for one of our graduate brothers who is missing with his family in the condo collapse
in Miami.
Luis Pettengill is a brother (and former chapter officer) of our Rho Phi Fiji chapter and a 2007 graduate of Rose-Hulman. His name is front and center because he’s married to the sister of the First Lady of Paraguay. The whole family was there including the couple, their 3 children and a family caretaker. While they may have been there to get the vaccine, we knew it was Luis’ birthday, hence the children. Both families owned several units in the building.

For the last day I have spoken with—and cried with—his brothers from coast to coast. He was absolutely BELOVED by everybody. His father visited him at the chapter house and we all met his family at graduation. After graduation, several brothers flew to Paraguay and were given so much hospitality and love.
Luis and his wife have come back for several weddings of his pledge brothers.

Last night at 2 a.m. was my last phone call from a brother who remembered how sweet and generous Luis was. As Dan said from Seattle, “if anything good has come, it’s that we’re all connecting again and telling each other how much we love them.”

I HATE the term “thoughts and prayers” because it’s thrown around too much, so I’ll just say this: There IS hope….so please think of Luis and his family and—if you’re so inclined—pray for them or just remember how wonderful and binding our fraternal vows are.

Thanks ALL of you. I’m exhausted and cried out…and I just needed to vent a little.