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Man hopes funeral home tour steers kids from trouble

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KGO-TV (ABC 7 News)
San Francisco CA
Fri, Jan 6, 2012

A community activist and coach is using an unusual technique to shock kids into staying out of trouble. He gives tours of an Oakland funeral home, giving the young people a look at death up close.

It's a view of death few young people see.

"Got that smell? That's death," Oakland coach and community activist Todd Walker said.

Read the full story and see video (2:15) at KGO-TV (ABC 7 News)

Thanks to the HVCC Mortuary Science Alumni and Student Association for altering us to this article.

 

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