Harry Reid said "I had a very close personal friend--we were raised together, he and his family. We were neighbors when we were boys. We talked often about his little boy in a Little League baseball game. This is a big, rough family--always very physical. And he was upset because his boy hit a home run and he was so slow coming from third base, and he was upset at his son and told him so. What he did not know is this little boy had leukemia. There being, of course, no cure for it, he died very quickly. So any time I hear a story like this I think of my friend Don." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 24, 1994

I had a very close personal friend--we were raised together, he and his family. We were neighbors when we were boys. We talked often about his little boy in a Little League baseball game. This is a big, rough family--always very physical. And he was upset because his boy hit a home run and he was so slow coming from third base, and he was upset at his son and told him so. What he did not know is this little boy had leukemia. There being, of course, no cure for it, he died very quickly. So any time I hear a story like this I think of my friend Don.

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Harry Reid

Democratic · Nevada

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Editor's note · Context

Sharing a personal story to highlight the impact of childhood illness.

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