He learned to use a walking cane from the Washington State Department of Services for the Blind.

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The next week, a walking cane with a sword inside was found, and in the week before Christmas, a spear gun was discovered.

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In this bustling Cairo square, a statue of Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz stands above the traffic with one foot poised forward as if in motion, and one on clutching his signature walking cane.

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