Falun Gong Practitioner in US Narrowly Avoids Deportation

An immigrant who sought freedom and an escape from persecution came within minutes of being sent back to China.

Mary Silver

7/1/2010|Updated: 10/1/2015

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Travelers work their way through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in GA, where Louis Lu Yu had been deported by federal authorities on a plane bound for Seoul with a connection to Shanghai. (Barry Williams/Getty Images)

Mary Silver

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Mary Silver writes columns, grows herbs, hikes, and admires the sky. She likes critters, and thinks the best part of being a journalist is learning new stuff all the time. She has a Masters from Emory University, serves on the board of the Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and belongs to the Association of Health Care Journalists.