My friend came to the states 17 years ago… his GC was filed in 2009… he had been waiting for his green card forever and after many many years, his status finally changed to “card being printed “. This Friday, He threw a party for his close friends and told us how he would have gotten it sooner but he switched jobs in between. He also jokingly said that his back up plan was to wait few more years and have his son sponsor his Greencard (son is born in US). This morning, he had a massive heart attack, and didn’t make it. 😞 we are all shell shocked. This hit me specially hard since we were just joking around 2 days before this. We were discussing the latest season of boys, and talking about the epic fight of HL versus SB/Billy/Hughie and he said he couldn’t wait to see what happens next. So many things left unfinished… he didn’t see the season finale of boys, he didn’t get to see his green card (still waiting to receive it in mail), still waiting to join his dream job (cannot change job family as per visa restrictions), did not get to see his son graduate, did not lose the extra 20 pounds he put on during the pandemic… His family is completely shattered… damn I couldn’t stop the tears when I saw his kid’s face… We are still trying to figure out what needs to be done… take his body to India or if we should cremate here and spread ashes in India. If anyone has info on what needs to be done, please let me know. 🙏🏼 Edit: It hurt me tremendously that some people thought this was a politically motivated post or fake or have been attacking my friend for his choices. Firstly, I only mentioned about GC because we literally were talking about it on Friday, and when I heard the news, that’s the first thing that came to my mind. My friend’s birthday is in July… next month I would be saying that he didn’t even get to celebrate his 36th birthday.. I request all of you to be kind… I thought of deleting this post after reading some hurtful comments but on second thoughts, I am leaving it so that it serves as a reminder to all of us to value this limited time on earth. Life is precious and we all must protect it as much as we can… please get health screenings done and please don’t neglect any warning signs.. not even a cold. Please learn CPR and keep aspirin tablets at hand. Update: Lot of people have reached out… so providing additional details here as I am busy with arrangements and travel. He apparently was COVID positive (he didn’t realize that ). Also, Thank you for your condolences and kind words. I have passed them on to the family as well. All our friends pitched in 5k each, and are covering the expenses to travel back to India. We did think of cremating here and spreading ashes here since he wanted to be here… but his parents said that he was always happy and healthy in India and US brought nothing but stress and death. His mother specially said “He should be at a place where he is always welcome 😢”. They want him back where they can do proper rites and his brother said he wants to spread his ashes in the sarson ke khet in village where their childhood memories are. His father is inconsolable but he wants him back as well so that he can see him one last time. I asked his wife what she wanted… and she simply said “him” 🥺