BTW, I used to live in the dorm right across a side street from the Physics building on McCormick Street. Even fell down a flight of stairs in the Physics Bldg. after a class. I was crying b/c I couldn't understand the rest of my classmates as they spoke to each other in German. Hmm... the sensibilities of youth!
Anyway, from everything you've said and the info we've heard from the news, it sounds like this would not be your dad. I hope that you reach him very soon!