Sotloff 's legacy is , in part , that he broke the Benghazi story to CNN , that there was no protest , and that he foresaw the massive Syrian Refugee Crisis as he reported on the everyday people 's suffering in Syria , thus earning him the reputation as " The Voice for the Voiceless . " Steven Sotloff was the son of Arthur and Shirley Sotloff of Pinecrest , Florida , a suburb of Miami , and a grandson of Holocaust survivors , who inspired him to be " a voice for the voiceless . " He was the brother of Lauren Sotloff . He grew up in Pinecrest , Florida , graduated from Kimball Union Academy , a private boarding school in Meriden , New Hampshire , and later attended ( but did not graduate from ) the University of Central Florida with a major in journalism from 2002 to 2004 . He transferred to the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel from 2005 to 2008 , graduating '' cum laude '' with a major in government studies and counter-terrorism
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2012 Benghazi attack
Steven Sotloff