I was awoken in the middle of the night. My roommate knocked on my door and said I had a phone call. I walked to the phone. It was my good friend Andy. We were supposed to meet earlier that night at a bar, but my car wouldn't start and I didn't go. This was 1988 (before cell phones). He said something about me not showing up and I told him why. I still wasn't processing why he was calling me. I think it was 2:00 or 3:00am.

Then he said the words that have haunted me ever since, "John...

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