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Mr. Lucas says he cannot do the thing that he used to do after he was shot. However he states, “The older I get the more pain I endure”. “I have no hopes or dreams I just wish my life was different and my physical health was not taken from me when I was such young a man”. I really have had problems all my life, since I was shot at age 20 years old”. “That is why I sold drugs, and tried to scrap to feed myself and my children when I was young; and ended up in prison and jail”. “I have suffered and I am still angry at the person who shot me; they damaged me for life”. “I play my game on my phone to keep me busy however my concentration is very short and I quit and try to watch TV or sleep”. “I sleep because my mind will make me think about my
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