Earlier this year, Robert N. Bowman of Manchester shared with us this tale of an encounter he had with Joe Paterno:
Over 20 years ago I was out jogging along the Jersey Shore when an individual approached me in the opposite direction. I look up an saw it was Joe and, like a star-struck kid, I said, "Hi Joe" and he said "Hi" back. At that point we passed and that was it. Well after a while I turned around to jog back to my motel and eventually I caught up to Joe. At that point I slowed down and started talking to him. We walked along the shore line, just talking like old friends. At that time my oldest son was a student at Penn State and we talked about him and his classes and studies. I never brought up football even though I rarely miss a home game, it just did not seem right to talk about work. After a while I realized I had to turn away from the shoreline to get back to my room so I bid Joe a good day. Then to me the most amazing thing happened, he thanked me for stopping and talking to him. I thought that was great he thanked me for just have some casual conversation with him one morning along the Jersey Shore.
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