His own family has been tragically affected by the practice.
Next door to Tan is another man whose family has been tragically affected.
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Of course, by the time the original musical hit Broadway, Greenville had been tragically affected by something far greater than Cap'n Andy's floating show: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most devastating river flood in United States history.
"Our thoughts naturally go out to all of those whose lives have been tragically affected and altered by these terrible events, and in particular to the family and friends of Colchester citizen Nick Alexander," he told the BBC.
Powerful testimony The parliamentarians heard powerful testimony from women and men whose lives had been tragically affected by FGM/C.
The current crisis in East Africa, where over 13 million people are affected by extreme hunger, has tragically brought this issue to the forefront.
"Thank God on one sense that this was one of those early-morning attacks and there was only three people in the compound," he said, "apart from the security people, who have been so tragically affected".
"Unfortunately he has tragically fallen to his death".
The Jewish philanthropic world has tragically lost a true adornment.
