Our matriarch for generations.
“We leave together, or we die together.”
Amidst the explosions from falling mortar shells and airplanes at Tan Son Nhut air base in Saigon, Bivy’s fierce determination to bring her family to safety was the beginning of an extraordinary, yet also familiar story for refugees who built a new life in the United States. As with everything that Bivy did, this wasn’t an individual story, but a shared family story of struggle and sacrifice.