StoryCorps Austin: Tu and Ethan Russo

The StoryCorps mobile booth is in Austin this month, and we’re bringing you some of the stories that are being recorded there. Tu Russo was born in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1964, during the Vietnam War. Her father worked in the justice system there, and when Saigon fell in 1975, like many government employees, he was sent to jail, where he would remain for many years. In 1979, Tu, her sisters, and her mother left Vietnam, hoping to reach America. She shared the story of their voyage with her son, Ethan Russo.