I Came Home to Find 50 People Holding Candles Outside My House—Then I Learned Why They Were Really There

to thank the man who had quietly shaped their lives.

Then came the letters.

Boxes of them.

Hundreds.

Handwritten.

Typed.

Mailed from every corner of the nation.

One former student serving overseas sent a video message.

Another recorded from a hospital operating room.

One appeared live on a video call from another continent.

The stories kept coming.

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