SEEN A FAMILY MEMBER CAN BE
A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE.
A FAMILY IN ROSEMONT HAS
FOUND REASONS TO SMILE AS THEY
REMEMBER A FASCINATING MAN.
HE IS A REALLY HAPPY MAN.
AND I SPEAK OF HIM IN THE
PRESENT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE HE
IS STILL HERE.
CCHAY UN WITH THE FATHER OF
SIX CHILDREN AND A HUSBAND.
WINS HERE, HE HAD A POWERFUL
IMPACT ON THOSE WHO FOLLOWED
HIM.
HERE IS ANGELA DAVIS WITH THE
LIFE STORY OF CCHAY.
Reporter: FAMILY PHOTOS
SUGGEST CCHAY UN HOW TO HAVE A
GOOD TIME.
YOU SEE HIM SURROUNDED BY HIS
KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND HIS
WIFE.
WHAT IS MISSING FROM PHOTO
COLLECTION IS HIS DAYS AS A
YOUNG MAN IN KENDO VIA TO
CAMBODIA.
-- CAMBODIA.
HIS EXPERIENCES DURING THE
WAR THERE WAS NOT TIME FOR
CELEBRATION.
SO IN THE UNITED STATES, EVERY
OPPORTUNITY IS A TIME TO
CELEBRATE.
Reporter: AFTER MOVING TO
MINNESOTA, CCHAY WORKED AS A
JANITOR AT A SCHOOL.
AT HIS HOMELAND, HE WORKED AS A
CIVIL ENGINEER.
HE WAS A PROBLEM SOLVER.
IN CAMBODIA HIS JOB WAS WORKING
ON DESIGNING ROADS.
HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THE FACT
WAS ABLE TO EARN A LIVING TO
SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.
Reporter: HIS KIDS SAY HE
VALUED EDUCATION AND MAKE SURE
THEY ALL WENT TO COLLEGE.
CLEAN UP IT WAS, LIKE, YOU
FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK?
WORK ON TOMORROW THIS
ASSIGNMENT.
IT WAS ALWAYS KEEP PUSHING.
HE IS THIS UNASSUMING GUY.
SO UNLESS YOU ASKED HIM WHAT
HIS EXPENSES WERE, YOU WOULD
NEVER KNOW.
Reporter: THEY SAY CCHAY
DIDN'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE
WAR .
KIM SAYS THE FIRST FEW YEARS
IN MINNESOTA FOR DIFFICULT.
AS THE FIRST CAMBODIA FAMILY TO
LIVE IN ROSEMOUNT, THEY GOT
THINGS THROWN AT THEM.
Reporter: THEY PUT THE
TOILET PAPER ON THE TREE.
TODAY ABOUT 9000 CAMBODIAN
IMMIGRANTS LIVE IN MINNESOTA.
MANY ATTEND THIS BUDDHIST
TEMPLE IN HAMILTON THAT CCHAY
UN HELPS BUILD.
MANY OF THEM CREDIT HIM WITH
MAKING THE TRANSITION TO A NEW
COUNTRY.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO 4 NEWS.
CCHAY UN DIED ON JULY 14
AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER.
HE WAS 81 YEARS OLD.
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