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Everything he owns is in three plastic bags, slung from a cane. John, 43, worked for 20 years as a cook for a traveling carnival. He has problems with his liver and has been in the hospital several times. Because of this, his employer dumped him and left him stranded in upstate New York. John wanted to return to Georgetown, South Carolina, where his mother lives, but he only had enough money to take a bus to Philadelphia. He's been on the streets for a month.




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