Personal Narrative: My Dad

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Everyone has heroes in their lives, some of those heroes are more important than others. If I had to pick my hero, it would have to be my dad. He has always been there to support me and help me. Having a hero in your life is extremely important. This is my story of why my dad is my hero. My dad is about six feet two inches tall and he is a firefighter. He grew up in Anderson and his family was never there to support him. He was an only child and grew up doing most things on his own. He had to get a job at fourteen so he could start buying his own clothes because his parents never got him any. Most of the time his parents were drunk and his dad was always doing drugs. He always had a job and worked hard enough so that he could do things he

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