"Jake, come on, man, wake up."
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"Well, yeah, it's his dream to become a professional boxer, but. .
.every time he's threatened he goes to sleep. I don't want to put down
his dreams, you know. . .but he has to know it isn't gonna work out,
right?" -Paul Dempsy
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Jake has a girlfriend who fully supports his dream. Karen, the aspiring boxer's girlfriend, age fifteen, enjoys canning apples as her hobby.
"Why wouldn't he be able to do it? If a cripple can win a marathon, why
can't he win a boxing match? I mean, I guess it would be hard if he
couldn't stay awake, but he might get a K.O. on his first punch, right?!
Then he'd win!" -Karen Scott
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On a cloudy afternoon Jake Krantz and his friend Paul Dempsy were assaulted on their way home from the local library. The assault took place around 2:30 P.M. on a Saturday in November. The perpetrators were looking to confiscate the young boys' wallets. Mr. Dempsy gave the perpetrators his wallet at the first sign of trouble, but the attackers, presumably after a good time more than money physically assaulted the two boys despite already attaining their prize. The first strike directed at Mr. Krantz's abdominal region resulted in the boy's capitulation to sleep. The teenage assailants, upon seeing the boy fall to the ground, fled the scene in panic. Mr. Dempsy cleaned the blood from his battered face and moved to check on his friend, making sure not to touch, sixteen year old, Jake to be sure the boy would not shut down further. Paul attempted to awaken his friend with the words, "Jake, come on, man, wake up."
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