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“Me being able to climb up there and help was kind of like I was part of the crew.”
3:14

“Me being able to climb up there and help was kind of like I was part of the crew.”

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“I remember you asked us, ‘Do I have to call you Mommy?’”
3:00

“I remember you asked us, ‘Do I have to call you Mommy?’”

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“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”
2:31

“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”

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"When we turned the corner, the sound of the crowd, I will never forget that."
3:10

"When we turned the corner, the sound of the crowd, I will never forget that."

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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."
3:08

"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."

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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.”