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Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor 2-3 Zone

By Sam Apple

Monday, September 15, 2008

9:30 A.M. Dana John should be tired. Until an hour ago, and since midnight, he'd been outside in a 30º chill, hauling 70-pound sacks and packed crates onto shipping containers outside the U.S. Post Office at Newark International Airport. As he worked, a continuous stream of planes descended to the tarmac, roaring beams of light appearing suddenly out of the night sky. It would have been a breathtaking spectacle if John could only take the time to sit back and gaze upward. He cannot. Sack after ...

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