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My Old Man

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My Old Man

A profile in courage.

Don Akchin
Jun 18, 2022
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My Old Man

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Life dealt my father a pretty lousy hand at birth. As an infant he had asthma so severe that he almost didn’t make it. His parents had to drive him to a hospital in another state to bring the illness under control. When he was not quite 3 years old, his mother committed suicide. That left him with his father, an i…

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