"Canh T. Tran, the founder of waterfront seafood supplier Rose’s in Seabrook, has died of natural causes, his family announced. In a Facebook post on January 18, the family wrote of Tran’s incredible life — as a teenager, he was sold as a slave to find work in Vietnam, leaving behind family in China. After marrying in Vietnam, he build a successful coffee business, only to have it destroyed during the turmoil of the Vietnam war. He managed to emigrate with his family to the United States, and in 1980, founded the seafood supplier known for selling crawfish, Gulf oysters and other sundries fresh off fishing boats. Rose’s Seafood is still family-owned. Tran was 71." - Brittanie Shey
