Last night two Boston College students who were visiting students from Loyola University in New Orleans were stabbed on Chestnut Hill Avenue about 1:30 in the morning.

It's a very safe area, that's why it's all so surprising and upsetting to us.

They have been most grateful for the opportunity to study here while their universities are closed and had been widely embraced by the Boston College community, which is why this random and unusual act of violence is so upsetting.

We're relieved that he came through.

His condition is stable and he is improving. He is doing remarkably well.

They had arrived with around 150 other students to attend classes. We reached out to Loyola University and Tulane to provide an opportunity to study here during the crisis of Hurricane Katrina.