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“There’s vultures circling all the time.”
3:17

“There’s vultures circling all the time.”

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“I remember feeding him; watching him close his eyes with each spoonful.”
3:21

“I remember feeding him; watching him close his eyes with each spoonful.”

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”
3:40

“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."
4:00

"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."

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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."
2:59

"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."

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“There was a four-story building that was now one story tall.”
3:06

“There was a four-story building that was now one story tall.”

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“That day wasn’t about us. This really was for thousands and thousands of people.”
3:41

“That day wasn’t about us. This really was for thousands and thousands of people.”

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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"
3:05

"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"

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"We could do no wrong in their eyes."
3:13

"We could do no wrong in their eyes."

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“I struggled with maybe I should have stayed away.”
3:09

“I struggled with maybe I should have stayed away.”

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“I remember feeling so in the dark as a student.”
3:10

“I remember feeling so in the dark as a student.”

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“You walked right by me like I was a ghost.”
3:25

“You walked right by me like I was a ghost.”

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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”
2:53

“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”

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“I knew I was a girl. And so that weekend, I got to be me.”
2:47

“I knew I was a girl. And so that weekend, I got to be me.”

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“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”
2:51

“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”

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“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."
3:20

“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."

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“You were with me until I was three...and then you kept disappearing on me.”
4:07

“You were with me until I was three...and then you kept disappearing on me.”

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“I remember never being so afraid and so excited in my entire life.”
2:56

“I remember never being so afraid and so excited in my entire life.”

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"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."
3:23

"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."

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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”
3:21

“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”

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