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Gail Halvorsen's The Joy Of Bullying

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Gail Halvorsen knew he had to do something about this so he decided to drop candy from his airplane (The Berlin). He told the kids that when they see a plane wiggling its wings, they will know its him and they should be prepared for candy to fall from the sky (The Berlin). When he dropped the candy, the children were screaming and yelling with joy, but they didn’t fight over it (The Berlin). They shared and made sure everyone got a piece of candy (The Berlin). When news broke to Gail’s boss, his boss was considering sending him home, but instead he allowed him to keep on doing it so it grew larger and more popular than it was before (The Berlin). The children didn’t see the candy as something they just eat, they saw it as hope for freedom.

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