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Drowning 1954
In 1954, when the narrator was 12 years old, his cousin drowned in Lake Independence. The narrator's mother made him take swimming lessons at the Y in …
August 16, 1976
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In 1954, when the narrator was 12 years old, his cousin drowned in Lake Independence. The narrator's mother made him take swimming lessons at the Y in …