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How close a shameful memory was to a tragedy.

Publication: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
Publication Date: 14-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: How close a shameful memory was to a tragedy.(Metro)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bill McClellan

Three young men decided to go to New Orleans and look for work. I say "young men" with some reluctance. Is an 18-year-old really a man? "Old enough to go to war but not old enough to drink." In this instance, that old saying was beside the point. All three of these young men drank. Much of the time they drank more than they should, which is the way of it for most 18-year-olds who drink.

The night before they left, they went to a party. They were drinking. They did not know many of the people at the party. The girls at the party had left their coats and purses in a bedroom. One of the three young men,...

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