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JMCKUSICK

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Reply to NCgayguy (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 12:20 AM

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And pray that people work to keep it going. I was in my early twenties in the late eighties and driving a cab and then working in the emergency medical field for the major ambulance service in OKC, OK.
I was never more than peripherally affected by AIDS but having witnessed all forms of death/dying, I'm reminded that many WWII veterans never spoke of what they saw and felt, especially at such young ages.
Please let this thread be a safe place to share and yes, to educate.
Please remember that there's still people who need healing and true grieving not just for their loss, but for the abuse and cruelty that so tragically had been attached to every single AIDS death from the beginning.
Thank you NCgayguy for giving me a chance and a choice to join you and so many others in your celebration and mourning.
Love, John

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