The Hot Button by David Poland

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60 Years Later... A Family Story: Part 1
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60 Years Later... A Family Story: Part 1

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Dec 23, 2023
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My story starts 9 months and 12 days before I was born.

That is when 4 small children were murdered in their sleep by some teenage kid looking for trouble. More trouble than he intended. More trouble than he could ever know. Still. 60 years later, the impact still defines my family... every day.

Starr was 7. The twins, Don and Joel, were 5. Norman was 3.

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