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Waiting it out
Waiting it out

Waiting it out

Date8/19/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Waiting it out:Ex-mental patient taunts police trying to persuade him to come down from his roof-top perch. Again and again he yelled at watching crowds and police; daring them to shoot him and threatening to jump.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120735F
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