A search is underway in Houston for Rabee Ata Jumaa Alqaq, a 24-year-old athlete from Jordan who disappeared only hours after arriving in Texas for a soccer match. Reports say he went missing early Sunday on the campus of Rice University.
The case has drawn added concern because Alqaq has cerebral palsy and speaks only Arabic. Those details have heightened fears about his wellbeing as people work to find out where he went after reaching the city.
According to the available information, Alqaq had traveled from his native Jordan to take part in the sporting event in Texas. His disappearance shortly after landing has turned what should have been a competition trip into an urgent missing-person search.
Officials and others involved in the search are focusing attention on the Rice University area in Houston as concern grows for the young Jordanian athlete. With few public details released so far, the main priority remains locating Alqaq safely.
