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As the two boys grew up, Moore was sent to military school because Mary noticed that the Bronx life was influencing him in a negative manner. On the other hand, prisoner Wes went to jail when he was around 11 years old because he almost stabbed a kid. To add on, Wes became a father at a very young age which led him to believe that the drug business was the only way he could support his family; unfortunately he was oblivious to the other options that were available for him. On the contrary, Moore became a sergeant with over 200 cadets under his wing. Unlike prisoner Wes, Moore chose to beat the odds of his predetermined life of living in the Bronx and chose to build a life of his own.Moore completed military school and served in the army, later
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