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Jim Callaghan - Former Editor, Staten Island Eagle: When you look at a place like Staten Island, it was viewed as a dumping ground for all kinds of things, the Fresh Kills landfill, that took everybody's garbage, 8 million people's garbage, dumped in Staten Island, the Farm Colony was a place where people went who had tuberculosis. Willowbrook warehoused thousands of people and left them there, that it was a dumping ground. Why would you dump them in Staten Island? That's where you dump things, so you dump kids, what's the difference? You're dumping garbage, you're dumping kids, to Staten Island it doesn't make any difference, right?
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When you look at a place like
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Staten island it was viewed as
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A dumping ground for all kinds
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Of things
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The fresh kills landfill which
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Took all the city's garbage
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8 million people's garbage
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Dumped in staten island
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The farm colony was a place
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Where people went who had
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Tuberculosis
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Willowbrook warehoused thousands
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Of people and left them there
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It was a dumping ground
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Why would you dump them in
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Staten island
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'Cause that's where you dump
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Things
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So you dump kids
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What's the difference
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You're dumping garbage you're
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Dumping kids to staten island
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Doesn't make any difference
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Right
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Movie Summary
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
