The altar was here. The casket was there. There were …

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In her dining room, Kathleen Reinhard can still see the tall teenager at her son’s funeral service in 2012. She is wearing a dark New York Knicks hoodie while sitting near a tray of her homemade banana bread, describing the church scene by pointing to different spots on her table. The altar was here. The casket was there. There were rows of pews here and here, and Karl-Anthony Towns was right over there. Reinhard didn’t know who Towns was on that winter morning inside St. Agnes Church in Clark, N.J. But she noticed the 6-foot-10 high school freshman, just like everyone else did. He happened to be the nation’s best basketball player in his grade.
New York Times

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