He was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, where a boy is so lucky because he can play ice hockey outdoors 10 to 11 months a year.

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The boy had skinned and dumped a buffalo carcass, from which a dog took a meaty bone into their field.

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William Cybulski, a firefighter who was vacationing from Buffalo, New York, said he gave CPR to the boy.

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Then he meets an earnest young fellow from Buffalo (Jonny Orsini) at the Automat, hauls the boy home for a tumble and, very much to his surprise, falls in love.

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