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David Joles Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Unsteady Steps"


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Identical twins Steven and Jose Lugo, 19, were born with severe cerebral palsy and have never been able to walk alone. With the love and support of their family, the boys have pledged to walk across the Milwaukee Hamilton High stage, whether with a walker or a cane, to receive their high school diplomas on graduation day, June 15, 2004. The Lugo family moved to Milwaukee from Puerto Rico when the twins were small to get better medical attention. Each summer the family returns to spend part of the summer in their native country, including on this day as they sit along the Atlantic Ocean in Barceloneta Puerto Rico, July 26, 2003, and watch pelicans fly nearby before the start of the wedding of their sister Maria.
 

 

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