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The Other Little Boy

An official there mentioned it almost in passing: "They named the other little boy Jim, too."

Somewhere in Ohio, her son's twin was growing up with her son's name.

Lucille Lewis never forgot it. "I knew all those years that he had a brother," she said later, "and I worried whether he had a home, and whether he was all right."

Her son grew up, married and had a son of his own. Now and then, she urged him to find out if the story was true. Later, his fiancée, Sandy Jacobs, urged him too.

Eventually, he did. "I can't tell you why," he said. "It was just like the time was right."

Through an Ohio courthouse, he found the contact details he needed.

Then he picked up the phone.
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