# @thepittnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DsBILj13K
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19080133-thepittnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/30220622ea.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-04-16T21:56:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Pitt News (@thepittnews) — https://gondola.cc/thepittnews

## Caption

Pitt students might know Timothy Vong from his Thai Gourmet Express food truck on Bigelow Boulevard — but what they don’t know is his story, which included a near-death experience while trying to escape Vietnam 40 years ago.
“Everything has been a blessing in disguise. America has given us so much opportunity.” #silhouettes2020 
Story by staff writer Nick Carlisano
Photos by senior staff photographer Thomas Yang

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