Wednesday, April 11, 2018

George

George was in my grade-one class. His twin brother was in the other class. They were Haida children who attended the school with us army brats. George was slow. His brother, quite bright, was expected to have an equally bright future. Ultimately, their IQs didn’t matter. Both died in a house-fire in 1971.
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5 comments:

  1. MaliApril 11, 2018 at 5:46 AM

    Oh, that's truly tragic.

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  2. Indigo BuntingApril 11, 2018 at 7:52 AM

    Shivers. This happened to a family I knew in 1974. So awful.

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  3. CedarwaxwingApril 11, 2018 at 5:17 PM

    That's really sad.

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  4. HelenApril 11, 2018 at 6:11 PM

    Sad, and it puts so many things, including one's IQ, into perspective.

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  5. SabineApril 12, 2018 at 9:38 AM

    It was devastating to the Haida community. The parents were out for the night and the babysitter stepped out with her boyfriend. All the children in the family perished - either 7 or 5. I can't remember if George and his brother had 5 additional siblings or if there were 5 total.

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