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Goodbye, Rob

Remembering a friend.

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Pedro L. Gonzalez
Jun 25, 2026
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Rob Roy.

I don’t remember what time we got into the water. Only that the swim started late at night and ended not long before dawn. My kidneys felt like someone was cutting them out with a dull knife, probably because of dehydration and a few accidental gulps of water tinged with pollution in the San Diego Bay.

Voices on the shoreline called us out as we …

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