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I HAD A COCKROACH in my ear

Zane Wedding, 40, Auckland, NZ

Gliding through the water at my local swimming pool, I felt refreshed.

My son Brody, then 18, and I loved swimming, hitting the pool a couple of times a week.

But that day, Brody had gone

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