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Seventeen-year-old Mike Emme drove a '67 Ford Mustang. It was bright yellow. He had worked really hard to restore the old car. A gifted student, Mike was happy, helpful, and a young man with a future as bright and cheerful as his car. Friends called him "Mustang Mike." Mike was a kind and considerate young man. He had ordered a brand new transmission for his Mustang, but canceled it and bought two used ones from a salvage yard instead so one of his classmates could get his car running also. Mike learned how to remove a tracheotomy tube from his handicapped niece in case an emergency should arise. He learned sign language to communicate with her. They would sign songs when they were together. Mike Emme was a great individual, but his life took a tragic toll when his girlfriend had terminated his summer love abruptly when she announced her engagement to someone else, on August 23. On September 8, in a move that stunned all who knew him, Mike slipped into the front seat of his yellow......

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