[Timothy's Team] Timothy's Team - Sampling of Media Coverage of Timothy's Law Events

[Michael Seereiter]

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Following below is a sampling of the media coverage resulting from the
Timothy's Law events that have taken place in locations throughout the
state.

 

Timothy's Law Rally

Binghamton TV News Channel 34                   April 21, 2006

 

If you were in downtown Binghamton, you might have noticed a large group of
people walking down Court Street with picket signs towards the State Office
Building for a rally there.

NewsChannel 34's Peter Quinn has more on their push to pass a law requiring
health insurance companies to treat people who are mentally ill as long as
they need it. 

The group knows what it wants. Right now, under many health insurance
programs, people who are mentally ill can't get the treatment they need. The
Assembly's version of the bill, known as Timothy's Law, was approved last
month and it would change that. 

Lupardo says, "It basically ends the discrimination that people who are
seeking mental health services face, because there is limited coverage for
people who have mental illness. What we are trying to do is have mental
health insurance parody, it's equality. It treats mental illness on a par
with physical illness." 

Timothy's Law is named after 12 year-old Timothy O'Clair of Schenectady who
committed suicide five years ago after he didn't get the mental care he
needed. His father spoke today. 

O'Clair says, "We had fought for four and a half years to get him the level
and the amount of mental health care and treatment that he needed to deal
with his mental health issues. But, due to limits imposed by the insurance
industry we weren't able to bring it to him." 

The rally's purpose was to put pressure on the Senate to also pass Timothy's
Law. 

Now, the State Senate does have its own version of the bill. Actually, it's
sponsored by State Senator Tom Libous who used to chair the Mental Health
Committee. Under the Senate's version, it would require health insurers to
treat people who are mentally ill or who have other biological disorders..
However, it does not span out as far as the Assembly's version. 

Libous says, "The Assembly bill is much too broad. It goes way too far. And,
it's not a bill that's business-friendly either. It would really put a lot
of small businesses in jeopardy. But, having said that, I think the Senate
bill, if the Assembly would be willing to compromise and talk with the
Senate, which they are not willing to do, we could have a very good mental
health parody bill on the books." 

Libous says insurance costs would increase under the Assembly's version
because it's so broad and includes treating pedophiles, people who have
disorders from drinking too much caffeine, and those who used cocaine for a
long time. People at the rally say it's time for Timothy's Law to become law
before another tragedy happens. 

Another note about the Senate's version, Libous says it's comparable to what
other states have. 

 

 

 

The time is now to pass Timothy's Law 

The Journal News       April 30, 2006

By Jean Anne Cipolla

 

New York state again has the opportunity to bring parity to health-insurance
coverage for mental illness and substance abuse by passing Timothy's Law. If
passed by the Senate, New York would join 35 states and the federal
government, which have implemented parity legislation, ending financial
discrimination by their health-insurance plans against people suffering from
mental illness, substance abuse and eating disorders.

Timothy's Law is named for Timothy O'Clair of Schenectady, who committed
suicide in 2001, seven weeks before his 13th birthday. His parents, Tom and
Donna O'Clair, had private insurance through Tom's job, but it severely
limited coverage for the treatment of Timothy's depression, attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiance disorder. The
O'Clairs spent years trying to get appropriate treatment. Out-of-pocket
costs were so expensive and doctor visits so limited, they were forced to
relinquish custody of Timothy to foster care so that Medicaid would pay for
the services the insurance company would not. In addition to the pain of
being separated from their child, the O'Clairs had to pay child support to
Schenectady County while he was not living with them. This would not have
been necessary if their health insurance did not discriminate against mental
illness. Timothy is not with his family today and the O'Clairs believe that
it is because they couldn't get Timothy the help he needed.

Timothy's Law supporters have been rallying across the state, bringing
attention to the lack of insurance parity. Tom O'Clair will be joined by
Westchester residents who will tell their own stories about how the lack of
coverage has affected their struggles with mental illness and substance
abuse on at noon Friday at Renaissance Plaza in White Plains. The second
annual Mental Wellness & Parity Walk will be held on Saturday, May 13, at
Rockland Lake, sponsored by the Mental Health Association of Rockland
County.

People ask: Why give more insurance coverage to the mentally ill and the
addicted? Parity is not about asking for more; it's asking to be treated
equally. Patients and their families just want to pay the same out-of-pocket
costs and have the same yearly and lifetime limits on their health insurance
set for heart disease or diabetes.

Opponents say it's too expensive to give equal services. This argument has
been proved wrong. In the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, serving
8.5 million enrollees, instituted parity mental-health and substance-abuse
benefits across 350 insurance products. A recent study in the New England
Journal of Medicine found that, if managed care were used, insurance
protection could be improved without increasing total costs.

Another argument is that employers would drop coverage or self-insure due to
costs. Three years after Vermont implemented its parity law in 1998, only
0.3 percent of the state's employers dropped coverage, 0.1 percent chose to
self-insure. Employers can live with parity. Out-of-pocket costs fell from
27 percent to 16 percent of total mental-health spending. Compared to
spending for all services, mental health and substance abuse services made
up 2.5 percent of total spending after parity compared to 2.3 percent before
parity. As for treating substance abuse, studies show that, for every $1
invested in treatment, we can save $12 in reduced drug-related crime,
criminal justice costs, and theft and health-care costs.

But New York still faces a battle. Timothy's Law has only passed in the
Assembly. The Senate has another version of the bill that excludes employers
of 50 people or less, eliminating nearly 1 million New Yorkers from coverage
and continuing a discriminatory system where parity exists for some but not
all. It covers an arbitrary list of 10 "biologically based" mental illnesses
and eating disorders. This attempt to factor in and out different "lesser"
diagnoses doesn't bode well for people who seek treatment before their
illness becomes severe. And it excludes addiction services, an inequity that
is particularly unrealistic because mental health and substance abuse issues
frequently go hand-in-hand.

New York needs to pass Timothy's Law and end financial discrimination in
health insurance against those who suffer with mental illness and addiction
issues. The time is now.

 

 

 

Timothy's Law Rally

White Plains Times                 May 11, 2006

By: Lisa Tarricone

 

 
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@10012006-2C93> Charlene Dech had to do what no mother should ever have to
do when her daughter Eva was just 11 years old-she relinquished custody of
her to a state institution so that Medicaid would pay for the mental health
treatment Eva needed which her private insurance refused to cover. "My
insurance allowed only 19 days of lifetime mental health coverage; I had to
give up custody [of Eva] to receive services and then face years of court
battles to get her back," Dech told over 150 supporters and elected
officials last Friday at a rally for mental health parity legislation that
took place at Renaissance Plaza.

Dech was one of several speakers who came together at the rally to tell how
their lives have been impacted by mental illness and chemical dependency and
by the current discriminatory insurance practices in New York State that
severely limit their access to treatment for these conditions. The speakers,
along with several elected officials, called for the passage of Timothy's
Law, which would bring parity to insurance coverage for mental disorders and
chemical dependency.

Timothy's Law is named after Timothy O'Clair, who took his own life in March
2001 at the age of 12 after suffering from severe depression and other
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@10012006-2C9A> emotional disorders. After years of expensive out-of-pocket
costs, his parents were forced to relinquish custody of him to foster care
so that Medicaid could pay for the treatment he needed, which they could no
longer afford and which his father's private insurance denied. 

Jean Anne Cipolla, a graduate student at Sarah Lawrence College, suffers
from depression and anxiety and spoke of the "economic and political
realities" of the parity law. "People ask, why give more insurance coverage
to the mentally ill and the addicted, but parity is not about asking for
more. It's asking to be treated equally under the law," Cipolla said. 

Thom Forbes, one of the speakers who is a "fourth generation" alcoholic in
recovery and whose wife and daughter suffer from depression and chemical
dependency, urged support for Timothy's law so that mental illness and
addiction disorders "be covered under health insurance policies in the same
way that other physical illness" such as heart disease or diabetes is.

 
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@10012006-2CA1> "According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one
in five children have behavioral, emotional or mental health problems," said
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin. "Families should not be forced to exhaust their
financial resources to access mental health services they can afford," she
told rally supporters.

Deirdre Forbes (Thom's wife) credited her recovery from clinical depression
and addiction as "proof" that treatment works and urged Senate leadership to
pass legislation that includes coverage for small businesses and chemical
dependency. "Compromise is not a solution; it is a death sentence for many,"
she said, referring to the state Senate's parity bill that eliminates
coverage for addiction and eating disorders.

Assemblyman Adam Bradley said, "Its time for New York to join the other 35
states who have 
parity laws," and pointed to the lobbying influence of  HMOs and healthcare
companies with  record breaking profits in perpetuating the cost argument
against mental health parity legislation.

Tom O'Clair, Timothy's father, also spoke out at the White Plains rally and
has been the commanding force in driving Timothy's Law legislation. He and
his family have campaigned 
across the state since their son's death to bring attention to the financial
discrimination in health insurance coverage that has forced over 12,000
families in 2003 alone,  to formally relinquish custody of their children in
order to secure them state-paid mental health services.  "The lack of parity
cost my family Timothy. Tell me to my face that you can put a price on
that."

 

 

 

Honoring His Dead Son In Legal Fight

Queens Tribune           May 18, 2006

By Michael Rehak

 

For Tom O'Clair, publicly sharing one of the most tragic stories a parent
could ever tell has become almost routine. 

O'Clair's burly frame doesn't budge when he takes the podium. He doesn't
weep. He rarely pauses between words and has probably told the same story
many times in countless rooms across the state in front of multitudes of
strangers. 

On an easel next to O'Clair stand two enlarged photos. One shows a young boy
smiling toward the camera sitting on a bicycle. Above it rests a picture of
Timothy Michael O'Clair's tombstone. It reads that he was 12 years old. 

As the boy's father spoke recently at Zucker Hillside Hospital in New Hyde
Park, it marked what would have been Timothy's 18th birthday. 

Timothy's teachers identified his mental illness when he was 8 years old. He
received treatment early on and for nine months, his parents gave up custody
of the youngest of three sons after Timothy's first suicide attempt failed
on a tree outside the family's home. 

On a branch that could be seen from the O'Clair's kitchen, Timothy climbed
as he often did in the past, but this time he had a rope and a much
different purpose than to explore from above. 

It was Timothy's mother who climbed the tree that day to save her son, but
soon after, she wouldn't be that lucky. 
After being placed in foster care to deal with his illness, Timothy came
home on his mother's birthday. His parents thought he would be cured. 

"For the first three weeks, he was a little boy we haven't seen in years,"
said O'Clair. 

Then, depression, anger and a refusal to take his prescribed medication
again haunted the O'Clair family. 

"Timothy reached a level, a threshold, that he had come to so many times
before and decided not to cross," said O'Clair. 

On March 16, 2001, just six weeks after coming home, Timothy was discovered
by his mother hanged in his bedroom closet. 

"It was that day that I will remember stronger than any other day in my
life," said O'Clair. 

According to O'Clair, that day may not have ever occurred had his insurance
provider covered the costs of mental health treatment. 

As a New York State Thruway Authority mechanic, O'Clair's policy covered 20
therapy visits per year. Timothy needed more. With rising co-pays and
used-up coverage, eventually, Timothy's medical treatment became just too
much for the O'Clair family to handle. 

If the boy's father had been a state elected official, the treatment costs
would have been covered. 

In March, Timothy's Law passed for the fourth consecutive time in the State
Assembly. It requires that mental illnesses and chemical dependency
disorders are covered under health insurance policies the same as other
physical illnesses. A parity bill in the State Senate has been introduced,
but lobby groups like the Timothy's Law Coalition, are not in favor of it
because it excludes business that employ of 50 or fewer people. Members said
it also does not deal with chemical dependency. 

According to the Timothy's Law Coalition, medical professionals should
determine how often patients need to be treated, not the insurance provider.
So far 35 states have agreed and have passed similar legislation. 

A recent Pricewaterhouse Coopers study estimated that the passage of
Timothy's Law would only increase premiums by $1.26 per insured person per
month. 

According to the Surgeon General, 21 percent of children aged 9 to 17 have a
mental or addictive disorder. Suicide is currently the third leading cause
of death for New Yorkers aged 15 to 24. Some 1,300 residents take their
lives every year. 

Despite the statistics, none could ever give O'Clair his son's life back.
Shortly after speaking at Zucker Hillside, O'Clair gathered his belongings
and headed to a Long Island fund-raiser to retell the experience again on
his son's birthday. 

 

  

 

Time for parity for mentally ill - Senate should act, as Assembly has

Long Island Newsday Editorial             May 19, 2006

 

Does anybody really doubt that mental illness is real? That bipolar
disorders, depression and simply chronic anxiety can threaten the livelihood
and even the lives of those afflicted? That, if untreated, these illnesses
can destroy families and can drain businesses?

Doubters are captives of old and uninformed biases. The same for those who
don't believe that mental illnesses can be treated. But false assumptions
and fallacies like those have kept the New York State Senate from approving
an effective bill to improve access to mental health care.

It's called Timothy's Law, after a boy who hanged himself after his parents
couldn't get him care. Timothy O'Clair's mother and father believe, with
much reason, that the cap on their mental health coverage limited what they
could do to save their son. They were forced to put him in foster care so he
could qualify - too late - for state-paid services.

At the heart of the problem is a lack of "parity" for mental health care.
Unlike 35 other states, New York allows insurers to limit coverage and
charge higher co-pays to treat mental disabilities and substance abuse
problems. These restrictions don't apply to most medical care.

There's every reason not to cover mental illness differently than heart
disease or cancer. The cost to the nation of untreated disorders has been
estimated at more than $40 billion. Despite concerns of opponents, including
some businesses, studies show that parity would boost insurance premiums
about $15 a year. That's well worth it, for everyone.

The Assembly has passed a parity bill four times. The Senate Republican
leadership has balked, choosing to support a version of a parity bill that
excludes too many disorders. It's time for the Senate majority to pass the
real deal. 

 

 

 

Senate must act on mental health

Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial           May 30, 2006

 

Mental health care is disparate throughout New York, and state Senate action
is needed to fix the problem. Currently, coverage of mental illnesses can be
limited, regardless of needs and diagnosis.

For the past four years, the Assembly has approved Timothy's Law, a bill
that insists mental illnesses be treated the same way as any other physical
illness. The law is named for 12-year-old Timothy O'Clair of Schenectady,
who hanged himself after four years of a heart-wrenching search for care for
mental illnesses. Insurance limitations led to lapse in care, efforts to pay
privately couldn't be sustained.

At one point, his distressed parents made him a ward of the state in order
for him to receive the attention his illness demanded. It's an act of
desperation, yet 3,500 other families have also named their children wards
of the state.

The Senate has not actively supported the full parity issue even though it
affects not only those who need mental-health services, but almost all of
society. People suffering from mental illnesses who do not receive treatment
are more apt to become drug addicts or criminals than those without these
challenges.

 

Quick action needed

Last year, at the end of the session, the Senate passed a compromise bill,
allowing companies with 50 or fewer employees to opt out of the parity
coverage. The action so late in the session essentially ensured there was
not time enough to deal with the significant differences between the houses
in a conference committee.

History should not be repeated this year. Senate supporters insist the
exemption for small businesses is needed, while advocates in the Assembly
believe all residents deserve to have access to fair mental-health coverage,
regardless of the size of the company they work for.

Swift passage of this bill in the Senate would at least allow the two
versions to go to a conference committee where, hopefully, a compromise
could be reached.

Mandates are rarely good for businesses, but ignoring New Yorkers who
struggle with mental illness is not a solution. A study by
PricewaterhouseCoopers says parity, or having insurance coverage that treats
mental illnesses the same as physical illnesses, will cost an additional 1.6
percent, or $15 a year, per person. Insurance industry experts say it could
increase premiums 3.5 percent, although 25 other states with full parity,
and 10 additional states that exempt small companies from the mandate, have
discovered no discernible impact on business.

The two houses disagree on what should be included in the bill, but the only
way to resolve the differences is for the Senate to act now and let the
conference committee work on the differences. New Yorkers deserve to have
their mental illnesses treated with the same concern as other illnesses.

 

 

 

Father Turns Grief to To Action

Watertown Daily Times                      June 1, 2006

By Norih Machia

 

            Timothy O'Clair's family struggled for five years to get the
proper treatemtne for his depression, yet they were continually faced with
mental health coverage limits on their insurance policy.

            Although his parents, Thomas P. and Donna S. O'Clair of
Schenectady, spent most of their money on care for their son, they were
eventually forced to give up custody of Timothy to the state temporarily so
his treatment would be covered by the Medicaid system.

            By that time, they had already "lost" several years when Timothy
should have been receiving full treatment for his depression, his father
said.

            In March 2001, Timothy hanged himself in his bedroom closet.  He
was just weeks away from his 13th birthday.

            Mr. O'Clair spoke about his son's tragic death at a rally
Wednesday morning in front of the Watertown Municipal Building that was held
to raise awareness of mental health issues.

            "Timothy would have been graduating from high school next
month," said Mr. O'Clair, who displayed large color photographs of his son
on a bicycle and the engraving on his tombstone.  "His mental health issues
led him to take his own life."

            Mr. O'Clair is traveling throughout the state to generage
support for proposed legislation named after his son.

            Timothy's Law, which the Assembly approved in March 2004, would
require health insurance companies to provide mental health and substance
abuse coverage that is equal to what they provide for medical care.

            The proposed law, however, has not yet been brought for a vote
in the Senate.

            "We have to remain hopeful that it will get approved," Mr.
O'Clair said.  "It's difficult when it fails to get voted on by the Senate.
It's like losing him all over again."

            Timothy's Law "would allow people with mental health issues to
get the care they deserve," he said.

            Insurance companies are not obliged under New York state law to
provide the same coverage for mental health treatment as for physical care.

            For example, a policy could cover 80 percent of the cost for
treatment of a sore throat, but could cover only 50 percent for a mental
health visit.

            "All we want is a level playing field for mental health
disabilities, which are very treatable," Mr. O'Clair said.  "It's a basic
human right."

            It's also a right that is recognized by 35 other states, which
have laws that require equal insurance coverage for physical and mental
health treatment, said Michael Seereiter, director of public policy, Mental
Health Association in New York State, Albany.

            "There are nine million federal employees and retirees who also
have equal coverage," said Mr. Seereiter, who attended the rally.

            Those who support the law, including the National Association of
Social Workers, claim passage of the bill in New York would result in
insurance rates increasing only $1.26 per month per person to provide parity
for mental health and substance abuse coverage.

            The bill is being opposed by some businesses and insurance
companies, however, which have claimed the law would drive rates much
higher.

            But Mr. Seereiter said that the parity in coverage would result
in a cost savings for businesses in the long run, because if people could
get the needed treatment, there would be better productivity and fewer sick
days at the workplace.

            The event, which also included a walk to Thompson Park following
the rally, was organized by a group of north country mental health advocates
and clients.

            The organizers hoped to raise awareness of mental health issues
and the services available in the community to help people, said Jennifer
Hodge, Samaritan Medical Center community education manager.

 

 

 

Rally for mental health care - Supporters of Timothy's Law gather in
Congress Park in effort to sway state Senate 

Albany Times Union                June 3, 2006

By Kenneth C. Crowe II

 

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The drive to encourage the state Senate to pass
Timothy's Law came to Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno's district
Friday as 100 supporters rallied in Congress Park.

Chanting in support of a law that requires treatment for mental illness and
addictions to be covered by insurance companies, the campaign's backers were
attempting to raise public awareness.

"Had there been mental health parity 16 years ago, Timothy and so many
others would be with us today," said Tom O'Clair of Rotterdam. The proposed
law is named after O'Clair's son, Timothy, who was 12 when he committed
suicide by hanging himself. Timothy took his life after battling depression
and other aspects of mental illness for five years.

After the rally, O'Clair said Timothy should have been attending his senior
prom at Mohonasen High School on Friday.

The law, if approved, would require New York state, where such coverage is
limited, to provide financial relief for the families that cannot afford
treatment. The bill would put the state at the same level of coverage as 35
other states.

The state Assembly has passed the bill four years in a row, including this
March. It's never made it to a vote in the Senate.

An alternative bill has been supported by the Republican majority in the
Senate. Timothy's Law is backed by the Democratic minority.

"We believe the mental health parity bill addresses all concerns. It's based
upon biological information from mental health experts," Kris Thompson, a
spokesman for Bruno, said regarding the majority's bill.

J. David Seay, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
-- New York State, described his family's efforts in paying the bills for
his wife Anita's treatment.

His family received just $1,700 from its insurance company to pay bills that
totaled $10,000, Seay said.

The campaign has held rallies at Jones Beach on Long Island, White Plains,
Binghamton, Utica, Watertown and Hudson. Organizers plan to hold rallies in
Syracuse and Buffalo. 

 

 

 

Timothy's Law rally draws people to Congress Park

The Saratogian                       June 3, 2006

By Paul Post

 

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Tom O'Clair planned on attending Mohonasen High School's
senior prom Friday night, although his son, Timothy, wouldn't be there. 

Timothy committed suicide four years ago at age 12 because he couldn't get
adequate mental health services, his family says.

More than 50 people, from Essex County to Albany, rallied at Congress Park
on Friday to support a bill called Timothy's Law that would require
insurance companies to provide equal coverage for physical and mental health
problems.

'Mental health parity has run off the walls of the state capitol for the
past 16 years,' said Tom O'Clair, of Rotterdam. 

At present, insurers are only required to provide coverage for 30 days of
hospitalization or 20 outpatient visits for mental health cases. Timothy's
Law would correct such apparent inequities. 

The state Assembly has passed the measure, but it's been blocked in the
Senate, where Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, has said the law
would be too costly for small businesses that couldn't afford higher
premiums. In 2004, the Senate passed its own mental health parity bill, and
last year, negotiations went down to the wire, but a compromise wasn't
reached before the session ended. 

The Senate bill has three major differences from Timothy's Law, which is
sponsored by Assemblyman Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam:

- Businesses with less than 50 employees would be excluded.
- Coverage would not be extended to people with alcohol and drug dependency.
- Only biologically based mental illnesses such as schizophrenia,
depression, bipolar and delusional disorders, paranoia and eating disorders
such as bulimia, anorexia and binge eating are covered.

'That excludes millions of New Yorkers,' said Michael Seereiter of the
nonprofit Mental Health Association in New York State. 

Rallying in the heart of Bruno's district, people carried posters and
shouted chants they hoped would reach the senator's Broadway office. Backers
carried signs with messages such as, 'If Timothy were a senator's son,
S.6735-A would have passed,' 'Insure the Future' and '35 other states have
parity, why doesn't New York?'

The state Legislature's session ends on June 22, allowing just three weeks
for the bill to pass. On June 20, Timothy's Law backers plan to rally during
a baseball game at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy. 

O'Clair said he'll keep fighting for as long as it takes.

'I'll be back until the New York Senate majority realizes that mental health
parity is something we need and passes Timothy's Law,' he said.

David Seay, head of the National Alliance for Mental Illness, said he paid
$10,000 out-of-pocket last year for his wife's mental health treatment.
After nine months of haggling, his insurance plan paid him $1,700.

'That's 17 cents on the dollar,' he said. 'God forbid if she had cancer,
heart disease or diabetes. But that would have been paid in full. That's not
right and it's not fair.'

O'Clair said Timothy had multiple diagnoses, including defiance disorder,
depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. When their personal
insurance coverage expired, the O'Clairs had to give up legal custody of
their son so that he could become Medicaid eligible and receive treatment
through Schenectady County's Department of Social Services.

Timothy spent nine months in foster care, followed by seven months in a
children's home that had a round-the-clock support network.

'Timothy looked like he was at a level where he could come back home,' Tom
O'Clair said.

Six weeks after returning home, Timothy committed suicide on March 16, 2001.

With proper funding, thousands like Timothy would get the 24-hour care they
need to avoid such tragic fates, O'Clair said.

'They're being cheated out of what is a human right, the right to not
suffer,' he said. 'To pass a lesser bill means that some people are still
going to be left out in the cold.'

The O'Clairs have established two memorial scholarships to honor Timothy,
who would have graduated from high school this year, one of many milestones
they'll never enjoy.

'Throughout the rest of my life, there's going to be times when there's a
tug at the heartstrings,' O'Clair said. 'Graduating from college, wedding
day. The list goes on and on.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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