Sgt. Robert Adams taug kev los ntawm Louis Stokes Veteran's Administration complex nrog lub hom phiaj. Nws hu xov tooj tuaj tos txais cov qub tub rog uas nyob ntawd rau kev kho mob lossis kev pabcuam. Feem ntau ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tos txais nws los ntawm lub npe, "Hav Robbie."
Lawv tsis paub tias nws nyob ua ib tug neeg khiav tawm mus txog 30 xyoo - ua haujlwm hauv av hauv tsev noj mov, kev tsim kho thiab kho kom zoo nkauj thaum nws nrhiav tau haujlwm; vam tias nws yuav tsis raug rho tawm haujlwm lossis raug ntes.
Sgt. Adams tau koom nrog Marines tom qab muaj kev lom zem me nyuam yaus hauv Bedford, nrog rau txoj kev ntawv thiab kev kawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv Catholic. Ua haujlwm rau XNUMX xyoo hauv San Diego thiab Los Angeles, nws tau nce qib ob zaug thiab tawm hauv qhov kev pabcuam nrog kev tso tawm zoo. Nrog nws tus poj niam tshiab, nws nyob
hauv Los Angeles thiab pib npaj rau yav tom ntej, kawm Lamaze hauv Beverly Hills los npaj rau lawv thawj tus menyuam. Ob peb xyoos tom qab ntawd, nws tus poj niam tus npawg tus npawg tau qhia lawv mus rau ib qho tshuaj tshiab, uas tau hloov mus ua yeeb yaj kiab tawg.
Nws zoo nkaus li glamorous thaum xub thawj, nws hais tias, "ces nws tuav kuv," thiab txhua yam poob sib nrug. Nws nyob hauv kev kho mob tab sis kev sib yuav dhau lawm thiab nws tso tseg. Sgt. Adams tau pw hauv cov tiaj ua si thiab cov chav tsev khoob. Nws tau raug kaw rau lub hlis rau kev ua txhaum cai; tom qab ntawd nws raug ntes dua vim muaj tshuaj yeeb.
Nws hu nws tus viv ncaus rau nyiaj - tsis txhob xa nws, nws tau tsiv nws rov qab mus rau Cleveland xyoo 1988 uas tsev neeg tuaj yeem saib xyuas nws. Thaum nws tsis tshwm sim hauv tsev hais plaub, California tau tso cai. Txawm hais tias nws yeej tsis raug txiav txim ntawm qhov khoom muaj, daim ntawv pov thawj zoo tshaj yuav haunt nws.
Nws tsis tuaj yeem tau txais txoj haujlwm vim nws muaj daim ntawv tso cai thiab nws tsis tuaj yeem nkag mus rau cov qub tub rog cov txiaj ntsig vim yog VA txoj cai "fugitive felon".
Sgt. Adams tawm tsam los ntxuav nws cov ntaub ntawv, nws tau mus koom kev sib tham txog kev tshem tawm thiab xa nws cov ntaub ntawv, tab sis tsis muaj kws lij choj, cov kws lij choj yuav tsis quav ntsej nws qhov kev thov.
"Nws yog tag nrho kuv tus kheej ua txhaum," nws hais. "Kuv xav pom kuv cov menyuam, kuv xav tau txhua yam rov qab zoo li nws tau ua."
Nws tau npaj txhij los hloov, siv sijhawm ua haujlwm pub dawb ntawm VA, thawb lub rooj zaum muaj log, mus koom cov chav kawm ua haujlwm ib nrab ntawm lub siab, paub tias nws yuav tsis raug ntiav. Saib rov qab,
nws paub tias nws muaj ib pab tubtxib saum ntuj ntawm VA uas yuav tsis cia nws tso tseg. Russ Schafer, tus kws lij choj qub tub rog thiab tus kws lij choj hauv tsev hais plaub, tau xa nws mus rau Legal Aid. Nws tus kws lij choj pab Legal Aid Jami
Altum-McNair thiab Deborah Dallmann tau hu rau Public Defender hauv California kom pab thov kom California lub tsev hais plaub rov qab daim ntawv foob. Cov kws lij choj pab lij choj tau muab lub tsev hais plaub nrog cov lus hais txog tus cwj pwm thiab kev thov txim siab los ntawm Sgt. Adams.
"Nws ua rau kuv xav tias kuv yog invincible, zoo li kuv tuaj yeem tuav tau txhua tus," nws hais. Lub tsev hais plaub tau rov qab daim ntawv ceeb toom thiab vim li ntawd, Sgt. Tam sim no Adams tuaj yeem tau txais cov txiaj ntsig qub qub. Nrog
nws tus cwj pwm tuaj yeem ua tau, nws raug ntiav ntawm VA khwv tau $ 18 ib teev. Nws yuav ib lub tsheb thiab tsiv mus rau hauv ib chav tsev tshiab ntawm Lake Erie. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws, nws muaj peev xwm txuas ntxiv nws txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog nws cov ntxhais, hnub nyoog 30 thiab 31, thiab siv Christmas nrog lawv.