USA First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff

Dear Mrs. McMaster,
My name is Trâm Sanborn. I am an ambassador for the Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall. My son,
Kinhthi, was a victim of fentanyl poisoning. I am writing to ask you to recognize this horrific
tragedy that has killed many of our children by helping our organization with our physical memorial
wall mission.
I live in Mount Pleasant and work for Boeing. Kinhthi and my daughter were born and grew up in
California. I moved to this beautiful state eight years ago, bringing my family along. Kinhthi did not
adjust well so I sent him back to finish high school in Redondo Beach, California. From there, he
went to a community college. Things seemed to fall into place, and he was doing well with school
and friends.
The Covid pandemic took the US over completely in 2020. Everything was shut down. Like many
young people during that time, Kinhthi was isolated from his friends. He felt lonely. His anxiety
escalated. He purchased one Xanax pill from Snapchat to calm himself to sleep the night of May
12th. Kinhthi went to bed and never woke up because that Xanax pill was pure fentanyl. I lost my
beautiful happy son, Kinhthi, in that split second when he was just nineteen-year-old. His death
devastated the families from both sides, especially his younger sister and many young cousins
and friends, who loved him very much.
I know you have children and grandchildren. You understand the perpetual pain of a mother who
lost her child. Would you assist us in finding a permanent location for a Drug Epidemic Memorial
Wall within our capital in Columbia? We have created two memorial walls: one with photos and
one with names. I am including Kinhthi’s frame, below. I am also including the brochure of virtual
memorial walls, albums, and our awareness campaign.
These digital walls and albums update automatically. We would also like the photos displayed in
hard copy format. The wall of names can be projected on a wall so parents can touch their loved
one’s name. We would like our loved ones to be treated like victims. They were all victims of
Purdue Pharma (an American cartel) and many, many others. Now, they are victims of Chinese
and the Mexican Cartels. We are using the word “drugism” for the prejudice toward drug users –
like racism.
A group of our South Carolina moms would love to meet with you and work together to prevent
this from happening ever again.
Sincerely,
Trâm Sanborn - Mt. Pleasant, SC - State Leader
Mom of Kinhthi, forever 19
sanborntram@gmail.com
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