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Chris Perkins of Orange County brought his son Connor to see the surf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Police later located his unharmed son with a family member.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
Deck hands included Shane Angley, a wine distributor from Raleigh, N.C., and his son Wilson, 21.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Then, on the afternoon the father and son were due to meet, a social worker approached Chris.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
And then I thought of Anna’s son, Tague.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Magaña leaves behind three sons and two daughters, aged 11-22.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
"It's hard for a parent to lose a son, and we lost two sons," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The couple have two sons and five grandchildren.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Among them are white male entitlement versus the crushing demands of Black exceptionalism; the complicated bond linking fathers to sons; and the agonizing bravery required of mothers raising boys the world is conditioned to ostracize.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Farmer’s sorcery consult was with an elderly woman who blamed one of her sons, angry and jealous of a brother, for “sending” a sickness that killed the sibling.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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