For the love of Charlie

Published September 22, 2023 10:06pm ET



MANLIUS, New York When Charlie Prior’s second grade teacher asked his class to illustrate how their family spent their summer, the 7-year-old didn’t hesitate to use the box of crayons in front of him to draw a picture of the fire tower his family climbed in the Adirondacks to overlook the mountain range in northeastern New York and the sun setting along the ocean at Cape Cod.

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