I'll never forget this assignment

A friend recently said to me, “You must have many stories you can tell about the many years you’ve been affiliated with newspapers.”

I told him, “Yes, I do and I remember a lot of them like they happened yesterday.”

“Any of them that really stick in your mind . . . kind of situational, a bit on the edge or something like that?” he asked. “I’d like to hear a few more like you’ve been placing in thi...