He's deep in the woods, breathing hard, becoming desperate as the December sun dips low on a freezing afternoon. Grand problems define Jimmy Thivener's life. He lives alone in a tent, estranged from his Columbus family, unemployed and facing an array of medical problems.
To return from society's fringe, he first must clear his legal record of two minor misdemeanors.
The Vietnam War is still killing people. Neal Richard Dixon died in 2004, 34 years after he repaired and drove tanks in Hoi An. He came back to Gahanna, married, had a daughter and divorced. He worked in construction and hotel management.
Christopher Tindall was 13 when he landed in juvenile prison for raping a 14-year-old girl. When freed last year, the Bellefontaine teen, now 16, didn't register his address with the Logan County sheriff's office. He didn't have to.