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He'd been killed in a gang fight at hurt village.
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In the last paragraph they talked
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about his superb athletic skills
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And how different his life might have been
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if he hadn't fallen behind and dropped out of school.
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He was twenty-one years old the day he died.
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It was his birthday.
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That could have been anyone.
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It could have been my son, Michael.
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But it wasn't.
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And I suppose I have god to thank for that.
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God and Lawrence Taylor.