G'town LB Mehdi Hassan...

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Somebody help me here. Is senior LB Mehdi Hassan related to the high school kid who snuck his way into Iraq? I ask out of total curiosity, since I read a AP report on the kid's story, where it mentioned he had a brother named Mehdi. Mehdi is also listed as being from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, which (I believe) is where the kid is from.

[massdad]

An interesting side note...my son and I saw the tail end of a national cable newshow, I think on MSNBC, which showed a short feature on the situation, with interviews of the kid, etc. Running around in the background (along with their sister), wearing his blue Hoya shirt, and a big grin, was older brother Medhi. We got a big chuckle...Medhi's a great kid, quite a character, with a good sense of humor. Not sure if Medhi was interviewed earlier in the piece...maybe someone else saw it.

[DFW HOYA]

It's Mehdi's brother. (And yes, Mehdi is a character.)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0512310206dec31,1,3957375.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed