http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_893_Zed_Chang.mp3 A Chinese immigrant debates whether to wait out the tough job market or head back to his home country. Also: the original Balloon Boy. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_893_Zed_Chang.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_893_Zed_Chang.mp3 <h4>ONE Broken American Dream </h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/886552dba871777cd70ba2a166116a5e" alt="Zed " height="100" width="100" />Zed Chang <br /></p><p>Zed Chang is trying to figure out how his American dream got derailed. He moved to the U.S. from China in hopes of securing a bright future. Zed says he eventually realized his dream when he was offered a good job as an engineer at a major high tech company. Zed was there 9 years, but was laid off this summer. Zed and his wife love the U.S. Their twins were born here. But now the family faces a tough choice - stay in America in a rocky job market or return to China for work. <br /></p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a><br /><h4>A boy and a balloon<br /></h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/cfe75dbb8a46f3835218bbd3d349751d" alt="balloon" height="100" width="100" />Dan Nowell</p><p>Dan Nowell has been inundated with calls from around the country these past two weeks to comment on the international story of the boy who was thought to be stuck in a balloon.<br /></p><p> In 1964, Dan was accidentally lifted 3,000 feet in the air by a hot air balloon. He was 11 years old, and with his buddies went to watch a balloon take off from the local high school football field. Dan was asked to hold a rope, but didn't hear the call to let go. Dan tells us Dick Gordon about that harrowing ride, and how he became a celebrity overnight. </p><ul><li><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/20/MNHK1A7P5F.DTL" target="_self">Read</a> an article about Dan Nowell in the San Francisco Chronicle<br /></li></ul><p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></p> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:00:00