Jerry Tang is missing in San Francisco
Posted by Stuart at 04:02 PM on December 02, 2005
When I worked for the Internet consulting firm back in San Francisco 3 years ago, one of my favorite co-workers was a guy named Jerry Tang. He was one of the main engineers, and even though he and I never worked on the same project, he was always a good guy to chat with over the proverbial water cooler.
Last night I received an email from Jerry's wife saying that he has gone missing in the city. He is a 39 year old, 6'1" Asian guy and was last seen at his home on Ashbury St near Golden Gate Park. He had a stroke a couple of years ago (at age 37!) and needs medication for seizures.
He was also a very intelligent, super nice guy. I hope he is found safely, soon. For those of you in San Francisco, please keep your eye out for him!
News article about Jerry's disappearance
National "Missing Adults" website
Update 7 Jan 2005Over a month later, and unfortunately Jerry has still not been found. I see that a lot of people are coming to this website after searching for "Jerry Tang" on Google, so I wanted to add that perhaps the best place to get new information about the search is at a new Yahoo Group called FindJerry
Jerry Update
Posted by Stuart at 02:14 PM on December 05, 2005My friend Jerry has been missing in San Francisco for five days now. Here is an email from the search team. What a sad, sad story. Those of you in San Francisco, please keep your eyes open as you go about your business in the city this week.
Dear Friends,
Today we continued the physical search efforts looking at areas around the city and the South Bay. Once again, people were out on bikes, in cars and on foot looking for Jerry and spreading the word with posters and by talking to people.
We expect there to be an article in the San Francisco Chronicle tomorrow asking for volunteers to join our search for Jerry and directing anyone who wants to help to come to the 828 Ashbury Garage any time after 9 am.
If you can help with the searching again, please come to the garage or call 415-564-5864.
Tomorrow we would really like people to take the large posters to populated areas.
As the 5th day of searching for Jerry comes to a close, we have begun shifting modes from one of crisis management to one of longer-term planning. We now have a Yahoo users group to facilitate our communication in the search for Jerry. We will shortly be inviting all of you to join the group. Once you have joined, you may invite people you think would like to be part of the group to join as well. This will probably be the last email sent to everyone. After this, we will use the user group to communicate.
Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard over the last 5 days to find Jerry.
We would like to send this letter out to Jerry wherever he may be:
Dear Jerry,
It's been almost one week since we've seen you. In the last several days, so many of your friends and family have come together and sent their loving thoughts out to you. You have an amazing group of friends and family who care about you. We all miss you so very much.
We love you and are full of hope that those who come across your path will show you kindness. We pray that you are somewhere safe and warm and that you are able to come back to us soon.
Exotic America
Posted by Stuart at 06:58 AM on December 26, 2005It's been a tiring, but a wonderful week in the States. I am over the jet lag, at least physically, but mentally I still feel a little foggy. Every now and then, something happens and I think "I should write that on my blog," and then the moment of clarity passes and the fog rolls back in.
I've done a lot of traveling on this trip: A few days in San Francisco, a few days in Missouri, and now a few days in Florida, in the town that I spent the first 18 years of my life. And, I have to tell ya, my old hometown is like a foreign country to me. Sure, most of the buildings and the roads are familiar, but at the same time it feels very strange and exotic to me -- so much so that I just can't imagine living here again. And to think that Bangkok seems more comfortable to me now. Odd, isn't it?
So, perhaps I will be able to write some more of my thoughts down later, but for now, I just want to tell everyone "Happy December 25th". (Is that the most PC way to say it these days? ;)
