A devastating Facebook post by a heartbroken mother. [View all]

[kpete]

His mother, Asha Deliverance, spoke of her son Saturday morning her on Facebook page.

She wrote:

"Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, My dear baby boy passed on yesterday while protecting two young Muslim girls from a racist man on the train in Portland. He was a hero and will remain a hero on the other side of the veil. Shining bright star I love you forever."

Meche graduated from Reed in 2016 with an economics degree. He worked for the Cadmus Group, according to his Facebook page. The Massachusetts-based company's website says, "We deliver services and solutions that transform markets and behaviors, create social and economic value, and improve people's lives."

Portland authorities have not confirmed the identities of the two stabbing victims who died or a third victim who was hospitalized.

Reed College communications director, Kevin Myers, said he used to play basketball with Meche a couple times a week when Meche was a student at the college.

"He really was just, just a selfless, selfless person," Myers said. "And clearly to act like this is evidence of that."


https://www.facebook.com/asha.deliverance