On September 15, 2001—just four days after the 9/11 attacks—Balbir Singh Sodhi was murdered outside his gas station in Mesa, Arizona, in a hate crime fueled by a mistaken belief about his religion.
But who was Balbir Singh Sodhi, why was he targeted, and how is his life remembered today?
Questions and important terms in video:
• Who was Balbir Singh Sodhi?
• What has been done to memorialize him?
• Balbir Singh Sodhi
• Los Angeles
• Phoenix
• Sikh
• Mesa, Arizona
• September 11 attacks
• Frank Roque
• Arizona State Prison
• Wesley Bolin Plaza
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Rana Singh Sodhi
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