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Brothers | Bridges and Angels
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Bridges to History →. January 7, 2015. I hear this often from those who spend time with Dan and Dustin Ripley. Truly, I can’t imagine possessing a healthy, functioning mind, while being imprisoned in a deteriorating body. I have tried to imagine, but I cannot. Not fully. Even their father, Dale, says he can’t imagine how they do it; how they remain so happy and positive. Dan, 29, and his brother Dustin, 27, have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a crippling disease that devours their muscles. When Debbie was ...
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An object becomes human | Bridges and Angels
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My Top 10 reasons for photographing. Jacob’s Ladder →. An object becomes human. June 4, 2015. Today, I saw a crumpled form on the sidewalk in downtown San Francisco. The familiar scene saddened me, as it always does. Finally, I couldn’t watch any longer and had to intercede. This time I was able to arouse him, get him to his feet and help him into some shade. He wasn’t drunk or stoned as I imagined, but said he had fallen and passed out. He said he felt sad that most people were too busy to care anymore.