Don "MOOSE" Sausa:
CLASS OF 1973
John Bowne High SchoolClass of 1973
Flushing, NY
Don "MOOSE"'s Story
I was one of the oringinal kids to be put in the "Mini school" witch was a couple of rooms along the lunch room, we were taught sex ed, newspaper comics, current affairs, all stupid subjects, just so the school could get rid of us !!!
I was one of the "HILL BOYS", raced my cars in front of the school, stopped constantly by officer Conte, was luved by all the teachers, was funny, got into fights. lost my dad in '79 ( he had bypass surgury, witch in those days consisted of using a pig's valve, witch came lose & he drowned on his own blood ) I worked at Kennedy a/p as the "LAV MAN". In '81 I was watching the illegal car races on crossbay blvd, sitting on the roof of my car, when 2 cars lost control & I jumped off at the drivers door, getting pinned between my car & the other, causing me to be totally handicapped, moved to Scranton pa in '91, after my second...Expand for more
wife's mom died, a year later my gramps died, I live in public housing on $900.00 a month social security for my wife & I, she had 2 brain annyerisms & was dionosed with Dementhia 4 years ago, lost my best friend Jim Thoman who dated Shelly Passo ( from Bowne ) to cancer in '11 & could not make his funeral in Flushing, cause I can't sit,stand or lay for long periods. I now have Diabetes, COPD, kidney problems, Barrett's disease, take 25 pills a day & MOST OF ALL MISS ALL MY FRIENDS IN NY !!!!!!
I have a step son who is works kennedy as US CUSTOMS, I have 2 grand daughters 3 & 6, that I have never seen, cause of living in public housing ?????
I always wanted to be a emergancy service cop when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a bad idea. As it turns out, they were right, cause I would have been 1 of the first in the world trade thing !!!!
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