Nueng Garcia noticed the name of a man who paid him by check.
"Did you ever have a son?" he asked the men.
With that question, the two stared___ each other and suddenly realized they were the father and son who___(separate) for 27 years. ___ today's meeting,John Garecia had not seen his son since July 1969,____ the elder Garcia was a young American soldier. Nueng was just 3 months old then. John continued to write and send checks to his son's mother ____ he left Thailand. Nueng said his mother later remarried and stopped ___(write) to her former husband. After that,John lost touch with his son.In later years,he sent letters to the government in Bangkok___(seek)an address; however, all of his letters went unanswered.Nueng and his mother had moved to Colorado Springs in 1971. By chance,John Garcia moved to Pueblo nine years ago to take up work.___ their paths met this week was even more unlikely."I don't even kown ____ I stopped for gas," he said. His newfound 27-year-old son put his arm around the man who was once___ stranger and said,"Dad ...I'm glad you did."