Nick Berg

Nicholas Evan "Nick" Berg was born on April 2nd, 1978 to Michael and Suzanne Berg. He lived in West Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, and attended West Chester Henderson High School. While at Henderson, he achieved a reputation as a likable and energetic individual who was fascinated by inventions and engineering. After graduating from Henderson, Berg attended Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and University of Oklahoma. He majored in engineering but did not receive a bachelor's degree. He journeyed to places such as Uganda and Kenya with humanitarian organizations. He taught the people in these countries about the "Bovl Blocks" idea in these trips. Bovl Blocks were blocks made out of clay that people could build houses out of. In 2003 and 2004, Berg traveled twice to Iraq for similar humanitarian endeavors and also to look for work for his enterprise, Prometheus Towers. On his second trip, Berg was detained by either United States or Iraqi forces. After he was released, he went missing. An Islamic terror group led by Abu al-Zarquawi posted a video on the internet in which they showed his murder.