Forgotten Killer Chapter 21
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| Time frame | Augusat 2015 |
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Locations
- Ryan Clark's house in Spearfish Lake
Characters
- Brent Wayne Clark
- Thomas Perkins
- Garth Matson
- Linda Clark
Summary
Ryan wound up the story telling what happened to the other children he'd mentioned:
Betsy Toivo was given frequent sauna and massage and ended up with no paralysis.
Tommy Perkins spent months in a wooden lung and needed crutches to get around afterwards.
Alice Bell spent most of the rest of her high school career in a wheelchair and needed supports to walk. After she moved away she married a man who was also a polio victim.
Gail Saunders graduated high school as class valedictorian. Garth Matson paid for her to go to college. She became a teacher in Spearfish Lake where she married Jerry Gleason. She had to give up teaching in her fifties because of 'post polio syndrome'.
Also Mentioned
- Jerry Gleason
- Ursula Clark
Afterword: Author’s Note
Wes Boyd wrote about his research for this story and how much was based on events that did take place somewhere in treating polio.
