Fifty years ago today I was getting ready to leave 7th period Gym Class when Larry Featherly approached Bruce Redman, our Phys Ed teacher, and muttered something (and I do mean muttered-if ya knew Larry) I could not hear what Larry said but Bruce said "Nah, you gotta be crazy kid!" I left the locker room still not knowing what Larry said. On the way up to my 3d floor 8th period Earth Science class people kept stopping me saying "Whoa! you're OK! I heard you'd been shot!" They weren't making a joke. They really thought this. I finally got to the science room a bit bewildered when I heard the bad news. I told people about my journey up the stairs from gym class and a few people laughed. The guy sitting next to me, Laurie Norton said "it shoulda been you" As I look back now he was probably right ..but.. of course... thats the way things had to happen.
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