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3 Creepy True 4th of July Horror Stories That Will Ruin Your Independence Day · True Horror Stories

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  Speaker 1: I moved from Vietnam to Seattle when I was in
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  Speaker 1: my early twenties. My family was very poor in Vietnam
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  Speaker 1: and there weren't many opportunities for me back home. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't know much about the places on the West coast
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  Speaker 1: of America, but I heard that Seattle was a welcoming
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  Speaker 1: city for immigrants with plenty of ways to make good money.
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  Speaker 1: My little brother also moved with me in hopes of
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  Speaker 1: getting a good education once we could afford it, and
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  Speaker 1: since then we've been working our asses off. After about
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  Speaker 1: a year, I became good friends with one of my coworkers.
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  Speaker 1: Right around then, the fourth of July was coming up.
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  Speaker 1: That's when the three of us planned a trip out
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  Speaker 1: to the best beach my friend knew about, which was
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  Speaker 1: a place called Ocean Shores. On the morning of July fourth,
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  Speaker 1: we bought some bootleg fireworks and a bottle of whiskey.
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  Speaker 1: Then in the evening, we piled into my friend's car
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  Speaker 1: and made our way to the beach. We all shared
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  Speaker 1: the bottle, enjoyed the views with the other beachgoers, set
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  Speaker 1: off fireworks. It was quite the blast. Some cops came
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  Speaker 1: and kicked us off the beach. Saying the fun was over.
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  Speaker 1: We decided to head back to Seattle, but before then
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to grab some snacks and soda for the road.
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  Speaker 1: We pulled up to the nearest gas station and that's
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  Speaker 1: when our wonderful night ended. There was a small group
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  Speaker 1: of men standing around the case of beer in front
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  Speaker 1: of the store. They were waving a big flag I
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  Speaker 1: didn't recognize, so I asked my friend about it. He
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  Speaker 1: said it was the Confederate flag, or, as he put it,
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  Speaker 1: something very bad. As soon as we stepped out of
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  Speaker 1: the car, all their attention was on me and my brother.
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  Speaker 1: Bit nasty things at us, a lot of which I
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  Speaker 1: won't speak.
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  Speaker 2: Hi pig, yes, kypop boys. We don't want you here. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: we'll leave it. We just want some sodas first. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: you didn't understand my engrish. I said, go back to
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  Speaker 2: your country, invite over there, dipshit, dude, Just ignore them.
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  Speaker 2: They're drunk.
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  Speaker 1: We managed to get into the store, but I knew
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't over. They were watching us through the windows.
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  Speaker 1: The main guy kept banging on the glass and yelling
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  Speaker 1: to get our attention. Then every time we caved in
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  Speaker 1: and looked, he would run a finger across his throat.
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  Speaker 1: The thought that they wanted to harm us freaked me
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  Speaker 1: the hell out. My friend tried to tell me they
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't actually do anything, but I'd never encountered such an
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  Speaker 1: angry person before, so I was terrified, thinking I might
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  Speaker 1: need to defend myself. I looked for weapons. That's when
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  Speaker 1: I found some small knives on a shelf, so while
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  Speaker 1: the cashier was distracted, I took two out of their
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  Speaker 1: packaging and put them in my pocket, one for me
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  Speaker 1: and one for my brother. I felt bad for stealing,
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  Speaker 1: but I was scared of not being able to defend
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  Speaker 1: myself against those freaks. After a few minutes, we got
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  Speaker 1: what we wanted from the store and checked out, which
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  Speaker 1: led us to the hard part getting past those jerks
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  Speaker 1: and into the car. The moment we went out the door,
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  Speaker 1: they were surrounding us and yelling in our faces. They
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  Speaker 1: kept trying to get us to fight them, but we
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  Speaker 1: just wanted to leave. By sticking together, we got out
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  Speaker 1: the store, made it to the car, and got inside.
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  Speaker 1: We quickly locked the doors, but then just as we
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  Speaker 1: thought we were safe, they blocked us from leaving. The
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  Speaker 1: car was completely surrounded, so there was no way for
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  Speaker 1: my friend to get away without running them over. I
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  Speaker 1: was panicking out of nowhere. The same guy that was
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  Speaker 1: outside his window started punching the glass and screaming. I
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  Speaker 1: could tell he was getting under my brother's skin, but
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  Speaker 1: I had no idea what would happen next.
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  Speaker 2: Whyn't you come out of the car and make me
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  Speaker 2: something for Amazon? Leave us alone, you asshole? What did
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  Speaker 2: you call me? Come out and fight me? Then, come on,
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  Speaker 2: fight me like a man, you little bitch.
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  Speaker 3: Then, in the blink of an eye, my brother unlocked
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  Speaker 3: the door and opened it. The man outside ripped it
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  Speaker 3: open and pulled my brother out, then started attacking him.
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  Speaker 3: I rushed out to stop it, but by the time
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  Speaker 3: I got there, my brother was on the ground and
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  Speaker 3: wasn't moving, while that asshole was still standing over him
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  Speaker 3: and screaming at him. For the first and only time
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  Speaker 3: in my life, I truly lost control of myself. That's
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  Speaker 3: when I took the knife out of my pocket and
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  Speaker 3: did be unthinkable.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't.
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  Speaker 3: I just kept stabbing him without holding myself back. I
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  Speaker 3: don't know how long it went before I was finally
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  Speaker 3: pulled off. I was relieved as I saw my brother
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  Speaker 3: getting up, but then I noticed what I had done
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  Speaker 3: to that man. He was on the ground, lifeless. As
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  Speaker 3: the cops came and took me to jail, all I
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  Speaker 3: could think about was that I had ruined both my
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  Speaker 3: life and my brothers. I would go to prison or
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  Speaker 3: get deported, then he would be on his own. Luckily, however,
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  Speaker 3: that wasn't the case WHI I went back and forth
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  Speaker 3: for months, but the jury eventually ended up in a
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  Speaker 3: stalemate and I wasn't tried again. Still, what happened that
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  Speaker 3: night still haunts me, as I'm sure it haunts the
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  Speaker 3: friends and family of the man.
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  Speaker 1: I took out. I didn't want to do it. I
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  Speaker 1: just wanted to protect my brother. I hope everyone can
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  Speaker 1: understand that this story what's inspired by a disturbing incident
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  Speaker 1: regarding a male name Maine Duck Hong, who stabbed his harassmer,
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  Speaker 1: Christopher Kennison twenty three times. On the fourth of July. Hong,
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  Speaker 1: his brother, and a friend were all visiting from Seattle
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  Speaker 1: when they pulled into a Texico station shortly after one
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  Speaker 1: am to get a snack. Kennison, drinking beer with a
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  Speaker 1: small crowd in the parking lot, waved a Confederate battle
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  Speaker 1: flag and yelled racial slurs at them. Once the three
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  Speaker 1: were inside, Kennison banged on the store's window, pointed at
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  Speaker 1: them through the glass, and repeatedly drew his finger across
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  Speaker 1: his throat. Outside. One witness said she asked Kennison what
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  Speaker 1: he was doing. It's called racism, was his reported answer.
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  Speaker 1: Honk stole the two small pairing knives from the store,
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  Speaker 1: later testifying that he was frightened. Kinnison and his friends
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  Speaker 1: screamed at the three and even spat on them as
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  Speaker 1: they made their way back to the car. Kennison then
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  Speaker 1: blocked their path when they tried to drive away, and
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  Speaker 1: punched Hong's brother when they got out of the car.
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  Speaker 1: Honk admitted that he did try to stab Kennison, but
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  Speaker 1: he said he was unsure if his blows had connected.
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  Speaker 1: The case split the town. Some complained that Honk was
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  Speaker 1: not being prosecuted accordingly, while others angrily criticized authorities for
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  Speaker 1: trying him at all, noting that Kennison had recently been
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  Speaker 1: involved in a series of past racially driven incidents. Hong
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  Speaker 1: was ultimately freed in his manslaughter trial. My second husband,
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  Speaker 1: Alan was a wonderful man. He was raising his son
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  Speaker 1: from his first marriage. When I met him, and I
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  Speaker 1: was also a single mother with my daughter at the time. Together,
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  Speaker 1: we created a new family and stayed together for years.
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  Speaker 1: He was a hard working guy. Of course, despite being
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  Speaker 1: a grown man with children, Alan still had some immature
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  Speaker 1: tendencies that he needed to get sorted out. For instance,
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  Speaker 1: Alan had a thing where he would go overboard with
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  Speaker 1: drinking on certain celebrations, and no example was worse than
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  Speaker 1: the Fourth of July. It was Alan's favorite holiday. He
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  Speaker 1: touted himself as the all American patriot and made himself
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  Speaker 1: the center of attention every Fourth of July celebration. Sadly,
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  Speaker 1: I don't mean that he took charge of coordinating cookouts
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  Speaker 1: and firework shows for the neighborhood, but that he would
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  Speaker 1: dress up like Uncle Sam and make a damn full
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  Speaker 1: of himself. Every year. He would find out where everyone
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  Speaker 1: was gathering and go there after drinking a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: beer all afternoon, then start dancing and yelling a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of nonsense. He even carried a tip jar around with
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  Speaker 1: him like some strung out bum. I have to be honest,
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  Speaker 1: I hated it so much. Everyone else in the neighborhood
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  Speaker 1: seemed to love it, though, egging him on and even
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  Speaker 1: throwing money at him. It always made me feel like
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  Speaker 1: I'd married a clown. It creeped the kids out, too,
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  Speaker 1: because they would always wonder why their daddy was acting
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  Speaker 1: so strange and scary. I asked people around the neighborhood
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  Speaker 1: if we should talk to Alan, but everyone would tell
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  Speaker 1: me that he was just doing it to help people
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  Speaker 1: have a good time and maybe scrape up a few
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  Speaker 1: extra bucks for us. Despite the problems I had with
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  Speaker 1: Alan's Uncle Sam routine, I tried my best to be supportive.
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  Speaker 1: But then one year Alan threw me another curveball. He
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  Speaker 1: wanted to add fireworks to his act. I was immediately
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  Speaker 1: against the idea, as whenever he was Uncle Sam, he
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  Speaker 1: was pissed drunk Uncle Sam. I knew nobody that intoxicated
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  Speaker 1: should ever mess around with fireworks, not even the little
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  Speaker 1: stuff like firecrackers, let alone anything more dangerous. Unfortunately, Alan's
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  Speaker 1: mind was already made up and it cost one of
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  Speaker 1: our only nasty fights.
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  Speaker 3: Alan, you can't do this. What kind of example is
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  Speaker 3: that gonna send for our kids?
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  Speaker 2: Are you saying I'm too stupid to handle some fireworks?
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  Speaker 3: Up and setting them off my whole life and.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't get hurt. What's the difference.
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  Speaker 3: Now you're a drunk, you idiot. I don't want you
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  Speaker 3: to blow your hand off.
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  Speaker 2: Oh right, because then I wouldn't be able to work
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  Speaker 2: and pay for all your goddamn bills anymore. Right? Or
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  Speaker 2: maybe because I won't be able to tickle your sausage
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  Speaker 2: wallet anymore.
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  Speaker 3: God damn it. You know that's not what I meant.
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  Speaker 2: Don't get off my case, you nagging bitch. Just leave
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  Speaker 2: me alone, or I'm calling the cops.
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  Speaker 1: Our kids witnessed the fight too. Alan stormed off with
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  Speaker 1: his tip jar and his fireworks and left us in
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  Speaker 1: the dust. I had to calm the kids down for
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  Speaker 1: a while before we were ready to join everyone at
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  Speaker 1: the park. By the time we got there, Alan was
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  Speaker 1: even more wasted than he was when he was screaming
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  Speaker 1: at me. He was at the point he could barely
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  Speaker 1: put a coherent sentence together, but that didn't stop everyone
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  Speaker 1: from enjoying the yearly pre firework show featuring good old
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  Speaker 1: Uncle Sam. They thought they were waiting until showdown for
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  Speaker 1: the big Fourth of July show to start, but they
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  Speaker 1: didn't realize that Uncle Sam had brought his own gunpowder
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  Speaker 1: that year, so nobody was prepared to stop him.
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  Speaker 2: Here Hereie, gather around for a show of patriotism. I'm
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  Speaker 2: Uncle Sam and this is my bag of trips. Oh God.
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  Speaker 2: First things first, hon needs you to come home. You know,
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  Speaker 2: uh whatever? Good enough? All right? Straight to the point.
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  Speaker 2: My wife, the stupid bitch things. I can't operate this
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  Speaker 2: year or rocking, So for my first trick, I am
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  Speaker 2: gonna breathe or chairman. Happy Fourth of July. Everyone, Uncle
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  Speaker 2: Sam is doing it for all the Americans. Sure what
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  Speaker 2: was that? I can't hear you over.
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  Speaker 3: My entire reality shattered in that moment. It was like
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  Speaker 3: a scene from a horror movie, but it was real.
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  Speaker 3: I saw, our kids, saw the entire neighborhood witnessed it.
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  Speaker 3: The cops for the first to arrive, but they knew
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  Speaker 3: there was nothing that could be done. The paramedics couldn't
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  Speaker 3: save him and pronounced him dead on a rifle. Every
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  Speaker 3: Fourth of July since then, this moment just plays in
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  Speaker 3: my head over and over again. This story was inspired
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  Speaker 3: by a horrific Fourth of July incident regarding as South
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  Speaker 3: Carolina dad who was seen dancing in his front yard
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  Speaker 3: while dressed as Uncle Sam moments before he passed away
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  Speaker 3: after igniting a large firework on the top of his head.
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  Speaker 3: Alan Ray McGraw, forty one, had been celebrating the Fourth
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  Speaker 3: of July on Thursday evening at a neighborhood block party
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  Speaker 3: in Somerville, Dorchester County, dressed as Uncle Sam. Footage captured
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  Speaker 3: by his wife Page showed McGraw dancing a jig in
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  Speaker 3: his full festive outfit as he celebrated the holiday. Witnesses
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  Speaker 3: told investigators that McGraw had placed a large firework on
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  Speaker 3: the top hat he was wearing before lighting it, causing
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  Speaker 3: the device to explode. McGraw's wife told deputies she believed
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  Speaker 3: he placed the firework on his head to show off
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  Speaker 3: and was drunk at the time. McGraw was found lying
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  Speaker 3: irresponsive in the road by deputies who rushed to the
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  Speaker 3: scene after the party came to an abrupt end. It
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  Speaker 3: was said that the exploding device had caused massive head
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  Speaker 3: trauma that took out McGraw instantly. His wife, Page said
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  Speaker 3: she had been telling him to stop playing with the
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  Speaker 3: fireworks before it exploded and did what he did. She
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  Speaker 3: told the outlet he was holding this firework over his
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  Speaker 3: top hat. I thought he was just show voting before
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  Speaker 3: he set it on the ground. I didn't realize he
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  Speaker 3: had already lit it. I was lucky enough to have
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  Speaker 3: met my wife in high school, eventually marrying her and
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  Speaker 3: starting our own family. We had a son named Jamie.
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  Speaker 3: He grew up to be around twelve years old when
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  Speaker 3: this occurrence happened, which just happened to be on American
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  Speaker 3: Independence Day. It was supposed to be a good day.
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  Speaker 3: On July fourth, my neighborhood hosted a block party at
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  Speaker 3: the local community park before the big annual fireworks show.
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  Speaker 3: When we got there, the place was already packed. There
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  Speaker 3: were flags waving, large groups of families dispersed everywhere, and
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  Speaker 3: some people out with their lows on chairs waiting for
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  Speaker 3: the fireworks show to start.
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  Speaker 1: There were food trucks along the sidewalks. That's when my
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  Speaker 1: wife asked if I could grab some food from the
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  Speaker 1: food trucks. I agreed, but just before I went, I
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  Speaker 1: saw him. A beat up, dark colored sedan pulled up
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  Speaker 1: across the street from the park and in there was
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  Speaker 1: a young man just sitting there watching us. He had
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  Speaker 1: this look that scared the shit out of me. His
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  Speaker 1: face was covered in tattoos. I didn't want to judge
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  Speaker 1: him by his appearance, but the guy looked like some
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  Speaker 1: gang member or someone just there trying to stir up trouble.
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  Speaker 1: He seemed to be intrigued by everyone, staring at the
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  Speaker 1: direction of some teenage girls near a taco truck. That's
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  Speaker 1: when I asked my.
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  Speaker 2: Wife, Hey, Claire, do you see that guy over there
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  Speaker 2: in the car? Uh?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, who is that?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. Something just feels off.
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  Speaker 1: He's probably just waiting for someone.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna just grab the food. You two stay here,
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  Speaker 2: all right.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, we'll be right here.
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  Speaker 1: I walked to the nearest food truck and stood in line.
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  Speaker 1: I kept glancing back to see if the car had
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  Speaker 1: left or something, but it, unfortunately, was still there. The
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  Speaker 1: man hadn't moved, he just sat there watching. After several
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  Speaker 1: minutes of waiting, I finally made it to the food
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  Speaker 1: truck to place my order. That's when I heard it,
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  Speaker 1: a loud bang, followed by another. At first I thought
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  Speaker 1: the fireworks had started early, but then came the screams.
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  Speaker 1: I turned around and saw people running, pushing, shoving, dropping
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  Speaker 1: their food and drinks everywhere in a frantic state. More
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  Speaker 1: bangs echoed through the air, and that's when I finally realized.
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  Speaker 3: What they were. Someone was letting off either fireworks or
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  Speaker 3: a firearm into the crowd. I ducked for cuffer, hiding
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  Speaker 3: along with a large group of people behind the food trucks.
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  Speaker 1: I was scared shitless. The only two people in my
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  Speaker 1: mind was my wife and son. God I couldn't see them.
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  Speaker 1: People were running and scattering everywhere, making it near impossible
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  Speaker 1: to find them in the chaos. But after a few
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  Speaker 1: minutes of surveying.
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  Speaker 3: The area, I saw her, my wife. She was lying
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  Speaker 3: on the ground and Jamie was kneeling beside her, sobbing,
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  Speaker 3: holding her hand, screaming for help.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, somebody help us. Ah.
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  Speaker 3: I couldn't stop screaming, no matter how much I tried
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  Speaker 3: to call for help. Everyone was in survival mode.
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  Speaker 1: I was helpless. I could hear the sirens from a distance,
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  Speaker 1: which meant the police and paramedics were on the way,
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  Speaker 1: but every minute seemed like forever. I was nung, barely
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  Speaker 1: seeing the flashing lights as they carried her to the ambulance.
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  Speaker 1: They wouldn't let me ride with her. They said they
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  Speaker 1: needed space to work on her. My son and I
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  Speaker 1: got to the hospital, praying and begging for the best
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  Speaker 1: possible outcome. But then the doctor came out and gave
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  Speaker 1: us the worst possible names, saying my wife had passed
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  Speaker 1: and that there was nothing they could do to save her.
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  Speaker 1: And just like that, I lost my wife forever. I
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  Speaker 1: dropped to my knees in front of the doctor and
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  Speaker 1: lost my shit. The next day, the news exploded with
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  Speaker 1: headlines and on the screen was the face of a
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  Speaker 1: familiar man. It was him, the guy in the car.
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  Speaker 1: The suspect turned out to be a twenty one year
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  Speaker 1: old man named Robert Cramo. Police say he is the
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  Speaker 1: person of interest in the random attack at the Fourth
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  Speaker 1: of July parade. It was alleged that he was a
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  Speaker 1: criminal that had a long history of offenses. What makes
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  Speaker 1: this story all the more disturbing was that he didn't
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  Speaker 1: have any real motive. He didn't have any connection to
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  Speaker 1: anyone in the park. He just wanted to take people out.
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  Speaker 1: It was just random.
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  Speaker 3: Terror.
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  Speaker 1: Footage showed that he opened fire from his driver's seat
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  Speaker 1: while screaming I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Gonna get ya, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get ya.
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  Speaker 1: They caught him later that night. When police approached him,
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  Speaker 1: he was crouched on the floor, smiling back at them
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  Speaker 1: with no signs of remorse. It's been a year now.
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  Speaker 1: My son Jamie is in therapy. Has for me. I
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  Speaker 1: barely sleep. I still see my wife Claire in my dreams,
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  Speaker 1: but sometimes I also see that guy. I see him
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  Speaker 1: smiling back at me with the firearm pointed at me.
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  Speaker 1: People tell me I was lucky, but it doesn't feel
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  Speaker 1: like luck when you lose somewhat important. Every time Fourth
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  Speaker 1: of July creeps back around, my son and I stay
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  Speaker 1: home because every time we hear fireworks, we think it's
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  Speaker 1: that guy coming back for more. This story was inspired
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  Speaker 1: by a disturbing incident regarding a man named Robert E.
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  Speaker 1: Cremo the Third, the suspect responsible for a deadly mass
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  Speaker 1: attack at a July fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: At least six people were taken out in the firearm attack,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: and dozens were injured. Police said the suspect appeared to
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: carry his attack out from a rooftop. Witnesses described frantically
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: fleeing when they realized they heard loud bang sounds and
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: not fireworks. Authority said that Cremo was spotted by a
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: North Chicago officer who attempted to initiate a traffic stop.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: Cremo then fled and led the officers on a brief
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: pursue before being stopped in Lake Forest. Still, he has
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: been arrested by the police and taken into custody. When asked,
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: authorities said they are still calling Cremo a person of
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: interest while they investigate and connect him to the scene. Allegedly.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: The event was scheduled to include floats, marching bands, and
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: community entertainment as part of the city's Independence Day celebrations,
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: but what should have been one of the happiest days
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: of the year quickly turned into panic, with pushchairs, purses,
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: and lawn chairs left discarded on the street as crowds
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: fled from the scene.