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George Pickering: Proving A Father's Son
George Pickering has proven how far a father will go to prove his love to his son. George's son, George III, was declared brain dead after he had suffered a stroke. They tried to get George to take his son off of life support. The hospital even notified an organ donation center. George repeatedly said that he wanted his son to stay on life support. When George felt like the doctors were not listening, he pulled a gun on them.

A couple of hours after the incident, the swat team was waiting outside of the hospital. George refused to leave his son's side, and something miraculous happened. George III squeezed his father's hand. George admitted that he was drunk and aggressive when he pulled the gun on the doctor. He peacefully surrendered after

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