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Haley Stevens: I joined Senator Kennedy and others in going to the villages of Alaska. We found mold on the hospital walls in Bethel.…

On the recordApril 12, 2007
I joined Senator Kennedy and others in going to the villages of Alaska. We found mold on the hospital walls in Bethel. When we came back, we started the process of replacing it, and it is a beautiful hospital today. But we also went to the small villages. We went down to Pilots Station, and we were walking through this little village. All of a sudden, a little boy, baby boy, came running out, had a top on, but he obviously had lost his diaper. My friend scooped him up, unzipped his parka, and put him inside. We walked around to find out where his home was. We came to this nice, small, well-kept native cabin. It was obvious that the mother was looking for her son. We went in and Senator Kennedy gave her the boy, and there on the wall of that little cabin was his brother, President Kennedy's photograph. It is a small world. I will never forget it.
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Haley Stevens
Democratic · Michigan

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Reflecting on a past experience with Senator Kennedy in Alaska.

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