Word: ike
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ike always had been a little reckless. He was an exceptionally smart kid, but he took few things seriously. He was in rare form the day we took the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The Proctor gave us a five-minute break between sections, but Ike stayed in the hall for 15 minutes. He took the test again and managed to impress the admissions people at Rice...
...year at college saw a startling metamorphosis. Ike spoke enthusiastically about his politics courses, and a disciplined exercise regimen had added a good 30 pounds of muscle to his slight frame. He looked healthy. He seemed happy. He spent much of last summer doing what he enjoyed most satling on his family's boat...
...after 1:00 a.m. when the telephone shook Ike's father from a sound sleep that September morning. The anonymous voice of a Texas state trooper came over the line through 2000 miles of static...
...news travelled quickly Two nights later, Rich, Neil and I stood at Ike's front door to pay our respects to his family and to share their grief. I remember speechlessly shaking hands with Ike's father. I remember thinking. What do you say to a man who just lost his only son? I doubt he remembers seeing me at all that night. He was far away, or deep within himself...
Together, we sat in Ike's room, trading Ike stories and sifting through 19 years of clutter--Ike never threw anything away. Now, the clutter and memories are all that remain of an old friend. Ike's funeral was the following day. Hundreds of friends and relatives crowded the temple where we had once cut classes. Dozens of parents sat in the crowd, traumatized, pained, and guiltily thinking to themselves. Thank God that wasn...