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If this was Jackson, MI, I would have to say it was my husband.
This is the reason why Public School is a waste for kids. I'm sure that because this kid didn't fit in the round hole, he did not do well in school.

Too wierd. used to live at 1810 S West.

>>>>This is the reason why Public School is a waste for kids. I'm sure that because this kid didn't fit in the round hole, he did not do well in school.<<<<<

I also think you are right. I went to amazon and see this posting showing what Hahn is doing now for vocation:

from amazon.com ---

I AM AMAZED AT THIS STORY AND BOOK...TOTALLY TRUE,
March 11, 2004

Reviewer: rickeeee (see more about me) from Milputtlu, Germany

David Hahn as a young boy somehow decided to build a nuclear reactor in his mother's garden shed. He came very close. His genius propelled him to secure the right equipment including coffee cans, wire, rubber balloons, common flour, and off the shelve items from Home Depot.

He actually built a real working nuclear reactor. All he needed was radioactive material that he collected from objects suck as glow in the dark paint, smoke detectors, and Three Mile Island surplus.

An overhead satellite that measures radioactivity measured extremely high levels of radioactivity emitting from his mothers garden shed in a little village in Michigan.

Hahn, now a 27 year old, works for a secret origination (EPA) that tracks other countries nuclear capabilities with the same satellite technology that exposed his creation ten years before. Hats off to Ken Silverstein for writing a riveting and radioactive book. A must read for everyone.

It should be noted that Mr. Hahn continues to emit a low level of radiation from four years of exposing himself. We wish him the best. He will never need a night light.

Signed,
Erica Phillips
(My flowers have never grown back)

Not sure if it's accurate or not but is interesting that he's apparently working at something interesting. I read the original story in Harpers a number of years ago and was fascinated, but wondered if he had ever been able to use his OJT attained knowledge.

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