(Funny, these kids from the "bad
neighborhoods" should be just as scared
about going to the suburbs where the
likes of Columbine seem to be more likely to occur...just my two
cents...}
Catholic
sports league reveals fear of unknown
BY NEIL
STEINBERG SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
`Wait here," the editor said. I
waited there. It was evening, years ago. I was on my way to the Robert Taylor
Homes for a story.
He returned lugging something heavy and blue: a
bulletproof vest.
"You might want to wear this," he said,
somberly.
I stared at the vest, shocked. Oh, I knew the newspaper had
them, stashed
away somewhere, kept against
the chance the city might devolve into some Beirut-like
state of violent chaos. But I had
never seen one, never mind seen anyone wearing one, never mind worn one
myself.
For More... http://www.suntimes.com/output/steinberg/stein03.html
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