Odai Alfayoumi struggled to find words Friday when asked how he is doing a month and a half after the death of his son, Wadee Alfayoumi, the Palestinian 6-year-old boy stabbed to death in Plainfield Township in what police call a hate crime.

       “What can I say,” he told the Tribune. “I lost my everything. My life. My son. My job. Everything.”

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       Alfayoumi said he took off from work for 40 days to mourn and attend court cases after his son’s death.

       “Nobody can wait 40 days,” he said.

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       He is now driving for Uber. Many passengers recognize him and tell him they are sorry for his loss. The condolences make it hard to not think about his son’s death and hard to work, he said.