Vinas friends wonder what happened to the kid they knew
Photo credit: Handout | Bryant Neal Vinas in photo obtained by Newsday from a childhood friend.
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Baseball fan in Medford who loved cars, G.I. Joes and wrestling. Exemplary altar boy at a Patchogue church.
That's what neighbors and friends say they remember most about Bryant Neal Vinas. And their memories have only deepened the mystery of how Vinas went from Patchogue to Pakistan and later Afghanistan, in a determined drive toward jihad.
A quiet but polite and friendly boy, he left...
