article_snippet: Jimmy Thoronka's claims his family in Jimmy Thoronka's west African homeland have succumbed to Ebola, including Jimmy Thoronka's adoptive mother Jelikatu Kargbo.
article_snippet: I don't think there's anything wrong with his parents.'
article_snippet: But  Abdul Karim Sesay, the vice-president of the National Olympics Committee in Sierra Leone and president of the country's athletics association, told the Guardian Thoronka backed Thoronka's story, saying Ms Kargbo did indeed die of Ebola in October.
article_snippet: If it can be proved that my adopted mother Jelikatu Kargbo is still alive and can continue to support me that will be very good.
article_snippet: If Joseph Nyanda is saying that my family are alive, where are my family?
article_snippet: Please can Joseph Nyanda bring my family to me.'
highlights_snippet: Says the 20-year-old's parents may in fact be alive in the west African state .
  
highlights_snippet: Jimmy Thoronka's says all Jimmy Thoronka's family are dead, including Jimmy Thoronka's adoptive mother .
  