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Elsa Arroyo

I remember several years ago, I got on the elevator at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. When I noticed a tall man with gray hair - I'm short so anyone taller than me is considered tall - I said to him: "Has anyone ever told you you look like Ted Kennedy?" He smiled and said "Yes, I get that a lot."

As he was getting off the elevator, the doors were closing when he reached out to me and said "By the way, I am Ted Kennedy." Then he winked at me with a smile and I was star struck. I've always admired the Kennedy Family. May God rest his soul.