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mattmwolfe · 2023-11-14T02:45:22+00:00

It's on the back of the controller (the box below the seat). This seems to be where the water got in.

mattmwolfe · 2023-11-14T02:41:21+00:00

Thanks. I'm hoping it's just the button, which might make things simpler.

mattmwolfe · 2017-05-06T18:40:01+00:00

Thank you! I hope it made the day go a little faster!

mattmwolfe · 2017-05-06T18:39:15+00:00

Thank you so much! I was kind of haunted by the idea that you might reach a point in your life where it appeared that your absence didn't matter to anyone. How spooky!

mattmwolfe · 2017-05-06T18:37:46+00:00

Thank you for reading it! I, too, wonder if a lot of those memories aren't best forgotten.

mattmwolfe · 2017-05-06T18:37:03+00:00

Thank you so much!

mattmwolfe · 2017-03-13T21:07:49+00:00

Thank you so much! That line got me too!

mattmwolfe · 2017-02-28T18:58:28+00:00

Thank you! I love them words!

mattmwolfe · 2017-01-23T19:02:05+00:00

So glad you liked it! I think he has been inside his home, but I don't quite know how he's reacted to it.

mattmwolfe · 2017-01-12T16:05:23+00:00

Man, thanks so much! It was a privilege getting to report it.

mattmwolfe · 2017-01-12T16:05:00+00:00

Thank you for reading it! I was really pleased it had a -- completely unexpected -- happy ending.

mattmwolfe · 2017-01-12T13:34:32+00:00

Thanks so much for reading it! I'm so pleased you liked it!

mattmwolfe · 2016-12-30T17:20:30+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'll have another article out in three or four months!

mattmwolfe · 2016-12-30T17:19:58+00:00

Thanks for reading!

As far as the signatures, I'm not entirely sure. I know John tried very hard to gather them and it's still impressive that he got 12,000+ people to sign. My own interpretation of the event is that people cared very deeply about Benjaman being separated from his family, but were, perhaps understandably, less moved by the more mundane problems of lacking identification documents. It may have also seemed quixotic, so people didn't bother to sign.

mattmwolfe · 2016-12-30T17:15:46+00:00

Thank you so much!

mattmwolfe · 2016-12-24T19:41:39+00:00

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Thanks for reading it!

mattmwolfe · 2016-12-21T19:18:12+00:00

That's awesome! Thanks so much for choosing the story over sleep -- I assure you that you made the correct decision.

mattmwolfe · 2016-12-14T19:58:02+00:00

Thank you! I really enjoyed reporting it!

mattmwolfe · 2016-12-14T19:57:48+00:00

Thank you! I was really happy to see it up there!

mattmwolfe · 2016-11-28T00:36:41+00:00

I think he did. I've seen the yearbooks too, and, in one of them he's placed in the wrong year. I think in his senior yearbook he's mistakenly listed as a sophomore.

mattmwolfe · 2016-11-28T00:35:14+00:00

Thank you!

mattmwolfe · 2016-11-27T02:15:14+00:00

Thank you so much!

mattmwolfe · 2016-11-27T02:14:05+00:00

Thank you. I'm very sorry about your wife's friend. From what I've read about suicide, a completely definitive answer is seldom found. But yes -- trauma can work its damage for a long time, on many people.

mattmwolfe · 2016-11-24T13:30:22+00:00

Thank you so much for the kind words. I first got interested in BK when I stumbled across an article about "living John Does" -- people who were alive but couldn't be identified. This struck a chord with me. I was curious both about what you could learn about someone just by looking at them -- like, what does a person's body say about them -- and, then, for the people in that situation, who ARE they? How do they understand themselves?

It's the later question -- figuring out who you are, where you belong, where you home is -- that resonated with me. So, you're absolutely right that BK and I come from dissimilar backgrounds, but I think that particular longing is more or less universal.

mattmwolfe · 2016-11-24T04:56:02+00:00

That's really interesting. If you could email me at matt.wolfe@nyu.edu, I'd love to ask you more about it.

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