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Unable to get out of saigon before it fell to the Communists, Nga Quynh (right) told Jack Cahill, The Star's Asia Bureau Chief, she would kill herself(...)
Unable to get out of saigon before it fell to the Communists, Nga Quynh (right) told Jack Cahill, The Star's Asia Bureau Chief, she would kill herself(...)

Unable to get out of saigon before it fell to the Communists, Nga Quynh (right) told Jack Cahill, The Star's Asia Bureau Chief, she would kill herself(...)

Date11/6/1975
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  • Unable to get out of saigon before it fell to the Communists; Nga Quynh (right) told Jack Cahill; The Star's Asia Bureau Chief; she would kill herself. But now; she's married to fellow refugee Quan Nguyen (left); they're in Metro after hiding in fallen Saigon; crossing 700 miles of ocean in a small boat and spending five months in a Singapore prison waiting for their Canadian visas to come through.
  • Unable to get out of saigon before it fell to the Communists, Nga Quynh (right) told Jack Cahill, The Star's Asia Bureau Chief, she would kill herself(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Unable to get out of saigon before it fell to the Communists; Nga Quynh (right) told Jack Cahill; The Star's Asia Bureau Chief; she would kill herself. But now; she's married to fellow refugee Quan Nguyen (left); they're in Metro after hiding in fallen Saigon; crossing 700 miles of ocean in a small boat and spending five months in a Singapore prison waiting for their Canadian visas to come through.
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