Our friendship changed after our first, hard year of business, and, although we tried to rebuild, we never really recovered.

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Despite his terrible injuries and the 50 or so operations that followed to rebuild his face, Robin has never given in to self-pity.

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Despite the unthinkable carnage in the Lower Ninth Ward, Weaver never had any doubt he would return and rebuild, even if it's now clear that so many of his former neighbors and fellow survivors won't be following his lead.

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