"A couple more questions! What's the biggest surprise that you've found out after being out here this long? Is there something you didn't expect at all?"
"I guess. Really, it's just that" the way people treat you is the biggest surprise. I used to be the person walking by that would give a homeless person a dollar, but I didn't realize how people" It's like you're invisible. I don't know how you treat people that way? I'm still a human being."
"And the hostility is incomprehensible."
"Yeah, yeah. I don't know what the hatred is for. I don't know what the anger is for. I've done nothing against these people. I get that if you don't want to help me, you don't have to help me, but you don't have to walk by with such anger. That's probably the biggest surprise, how people treat, and it's not just me. It's homeless people in general. I mean, I'm pretty fortunate. I've seen people get treated a lot worse. Um, a friend of ours just got, ah, beaten and he passed away. They beat him right over here by the Dunkin' Donuts."
"Really?!"
"Yup."
"How old was he?"
"Forty-three-years old."
"This happened recently?"
"Yup, this happened about a month ago. No paper, no news."
"Wow."
"Yeah, they beat him to death. He was in a coma, and they finally got in touch with his family, and they pulled the plug and he passed away."
"What's his name?"
"Kenny."
"Kenny?"
"Ah, his last name, I believe, is Taylor. He's from Delaware, but he was out here for a good two and a half years."
"I guess. Really, it's just that" the way people treat you is the biggest surprise. I used to be the person walking by that would give a homeless person a dollar, but I didn't realize how people" It's like you're invisible. I don't know how you treat people that way? I'm still a human being."
"And the hostility is incomprehensible."
"Yeah, yeah. I don't know what the hatred is for. I don't know what the anger is for. I've done nothing against these people. I get that if you don't want to help me, you don't have to help me, but you don't have to walk by with such anger. That's probably the biggest surprise, how people treat, and it's not just me. It's homeless people in general. I mean, I'm pretty fortunate. I've seen people get treated a lot worse. Um, a friend of ours just got, ah, beaten and he passed away. They beat him right over here by the Dunkin' Donuts."
"Yup."
"How old was he?"
"Forty-three-years old."
"This happened recently?"
"Yup, this happened about a month ago. No paper, no news."
"Wow."
"Yeah, they beat him to death. He was in a coma, and they finally got in touch with his family, and they pulled the plug and he passed away."
"What's his name?"
"Kenny."
"Kenny?"
"Ah, his last name, I believe, is Taylor. He's from Delaware, but he was out here for a good two and a half years."
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