Monday evening, an 80-year-old Staten Island man, apparently jaywalking, stepped in front of a jitney on Pacific Avenue and was killed.
So why am I telling you this? Well, something struck me about the quote we had from Joseph Taranto’s daughter. “My dad loved Atlantic City,” she said. “He came down at least four times a week.”
No complaining, no demands for restitution, justice or some kind of explanation for the unexplainable. Just this: “My dad loved Atlantic City.”
Thank God for 80-year-old guys from Staten Island who love Atlantic City. They might not be the most exciting demographic in casino marketers’ eyes — but
to borrow a line from an old Fleetwood Mac song, they built this city.
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