“He told us he lost his life goal and motivation … As parents, we tried to give him more love.”
Patrick Dai, the Cornell student arrested after allegedly posting antisemetic messages to a school forum was suffering from"severe depression," his parents told The Post.Man, 21, arrested for antisemitic graffiti at Upper East Side synagogue says he’s ‘just an artist’accused of making violent threats against his Jewish peers
Investigators traced the deranged posts to Dai’s IP address at his off-campus apartment, where he allegedly admitted to being the culprit, according to a federal complaint“My son is in severe depression. He cannot control his emotion well due to the depression. No I don’t think he committed the crime,” his father, who asked that his name not be used, told The Post in a text message.
Dai also worked as an orientation leader and was promoted to supervisor after just two months on the job, according to his LinkedIn. “He was always very nice to society, well organized, helpful to my family and his classmates before 2021,” his father said.Under the suggestion of a doctor, Dai took off two semesters from his studies — in the spring of 2022 and 2023 — to try and recuperate, but struggled to regain his ambition.
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