Four of his friends came by today to see me and made those same comments, that even at 16 years old, they told me that he was the only one in their class that knew what he was wanting to do and what he was going to do when he got out of school.

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Even today, over six decades later, just hearing that long wail of the warning siren on old newsreels and films gives me that same cold knot of fear in the pit of my stomach which I always felt all those years ago.

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"We don't achieve anything alone so I thank everybody who has the same mentality as me, " said the 33-year-old.

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"It's being overnighted to me, and I expect it will be the same old allegations that have already been in the press, " Lefcourt said in an interview.

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The pic shows a 3-year-old boy, the same age as my own son, waving to me from in front of his war-torn house.

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It was the same gesture you might use to escort an old lady, and, when the next officer did this to me, that is what I thought it was.

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The three women laughed and told me that the old goat was a first-time visitor and that they felt lucky to have me living on the same floor.

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