The Kosovars' first stop is New York City. The second report is from Charles Krause in New York. There are an estimated half a million ethnic Albanians in the United States, most of them first-generation immigrants from Kosovo. Traditionally, the Kosovars' first stop is New York City. And today, along Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, there's almost no one who doesn't have a mother, father, sister, or brother caught in the conflict.
Interest is intense.
There's always the hope of catching a glimpse of a loved one still alive. But far more often this week, those hopes have been smashed as news of the atrocities in Kosovo reach New York. Danny Gashi, for example, learned this week that his father in Kosovo had been executed. Father was old man, was 79 years old. And he just decided to stay.