GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Veritas Prep 10 Year Anniversary Promo Question #4

Hi guys,
I have a question about "John was one of the few people to get "

Isn't "to" a bit strange as we are trying to describe group of people?
Should the sentence be "John was one of the few people who ..."
I couldn't agree more for the rest of the explanation that the correct version should be option C,for this option correctly use " their" and "because of"

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