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Bearing Witness
When you are a bridgetender for any length of time, you start to notice certain patterns on the river, both human and animal. For instance, the crab fishermen come to empty their pots every morning at exactly the same time. You can set your watch by them. Certain joggers run by at specific times as…
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Patience, dammit!
It’s 7:20 a.m. on a Monday morning and I’m opening the drawbridge for a sailboat. Traffic is backed up for a half mile in either direction. Joggers are jogging in place at the gates, and a few are giving me dirty looks. Horns are honking. Then the sailboat radios in to ask why the bridge…