"At the end I wanted to cry, " Shields said.

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He wanted to cry.

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Sports was a way to find a reason to cheer when all any of us wanted to do was cry.

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All I wanted to do was sit in a dark room and cry.

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He wanted the rest of the country to know what made these men cry.

NEWYORKER: Ghosts