Brady Blough

Missing

The anguish that would not end for eleven years began on May 18th, 1977. Abass Ali, who was four years old at the time, did not recall the details of his grandfather’s mysterious disappearance. However, he was told that his grandpa, Abdool Ali, was an ornithologist who studied all types of birds, but adored the Scarlet Macaw the most. He knew that his grandpop went on a routine trip into the Amazon Rainforest to study the creatures, and, well, he never came back. After this, his grandmother, Anita Ali, sat most nights in the parlor alone, not saying a word, as if catatonic. Abass relentlessly asked his mother about his grandfather’s abrupt departure and she danced around his questions.