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One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.His name was Kyle.It looked like he was carrying all of his books.I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?He must really be a nerd.”I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms...

9/11 WIDOW REMARRIES By MARIA ALVAREZ, ADAM MILLER and ANDY GELLER Laura Mardovich, who lost former husband Ed on Sept. 11, gets married to family friend Robert Balemian at St. Patrick's Church in Huntington, L.I. - N.Y. Post: Mary McLoughlin April 14, 2002 -- It was a day of joy amid a time of grief. Wearing white and beaming broadly, Laura Mardovich married family friend Robert Balemian Friday. People exchange their wedding vows every day, but what is unusual about this marriage is that Laura is a Sept. 11 widow - perhaps the first to remarry. The priest who pronounced...