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Friends Rally for Former Baseball Star With Locked-In Syndrome

In 1986, Pat Chawki was a gifted high school baseball player. His Grant High School team won the L.A. city championship held at Dodger Stadium -- the first baseball title in the school's history. It was a peak moment that bonded the high school kids. But Chawki lost touch with his friends, so much so that when a rumor went around that he had died, his classmates memorialized him with a slideshow at their 20th reunion. When Laurie Green heard the news, she e-mailed condolences to Chawki's...Full Story
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