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22. Discuss your Father's murder.
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This is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Thinking about my Dad and what he went through is really bringing emotions and feelings I have never felt before. In my youth, I hid those feelings and blocked them out, trying to be tough or just doing whatever it took to not think about it. I am laying on my bed with a box of tissues that I never thought I would use to wipe tears, but this is my heart and I am giving this interview everything I have no matter how hard it is to answer these questions.
My Father was murdered in the Bronx, New York in the late 70's. I was around 5 years old at the time. He ran a local corner market off southern boulevard and was at work like any normal day. 2 men that had owed my Father money showed up, and My Dad followed them to the Subway station to confront them. They shot and stabbed my Father, he died right there on that cold concrete slab, clinching the arms of one of those scumbags. I cannot imagine what was going through his mind, all he wanted was to love my Mother and provide for his famly the best way he knew how.
My Fathers death was a big reason for my mother leaving me and entering a world of Heroin, which eventually ended the family we once had. My mother is still alive and we speak every so often, but this chain of events has pushed me to the point of trusting practically no one and being as independent as I can be.
My father was a very kind and gentle man, he would give you the shirt off his back, I guess thats why I wear my heart on my sleeve like I do.
R.I.P. David Ramos, a man who I never really got to know, but think about everyday.