Our family has just learned that Uncle Ted, who worked in a shipyard for many years, has Mesothelioma. My Aunt Kathy and their children and grandchildren are terribly upset by this news. Uncle Ted has worked hard all of his life and always put his family’s needs above his. He has been offered other jobs over the years, but always turned them down, saying that working in the shipyard paid better. Now poor Uncle Ted is paying a terrible price for his choice of career.

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