the day he broke New York beer

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The man who had lost his hat on the boat. He had always been a supremely happy man.

The worst things could happen. He would take them in stride. Saw the positive side to anything.

It was a wet, chilly 
New York
afternoon. Jittery from half a coffee too much. Nursing a 
beer
now. Hoping it would calm him.

The wind seemed to come out of nowhere. There was a chronic chill. But such a swift gust was unexpected.

Before he could act the hat was in the air.

Something inside him broke that day. For the rest of his life, he was no longer a happy man.
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