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My Valentine: An Unidentified Man Who Saved My LifeOne day when I was 8 ½ years old and in 3rd grade, I stayed home alone from school. We lived in a somewhat safe, middle-class suburb of Houston. I was a latchkey kid. We latchkeys were easily identified by our markings: A string with a key on it, worn as a necklace. Peeps had to…


