It was the summer of 1976.
In Johnson County GA, a chubby little boy had been beat up and made fun of for the last time.
It was time to act.
The 8th grader had been an easy target.
He was bad at everything.
He had a stuttering problem. He got labeled “special.”
He was overweight. One of the worst athletes in his tiny junior high school in rural Wrightsville, Georgia.
He didn’t have any friends. He walked around alone, with his head hanging low.
An easy mark for bullies.
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