'I found myself at the airport with nothing' A U.S. deportee in 2004, he arrived in Toronto homeless, but determined to rebuild. ANTHONY REINHART tells his story.
10th Dec 2005, 15:12 GMT
There was a buzz, if only a brief one, in the arrivals lounge at Pearson, where a man waited with a sign that read ''Mr. Gates.''The murmurs were understandable; Microsoft was set to host a conference in Toronto that week in July of 2004, and the sign fed rumours that Bill Gates, the company's founder and the world's richest man, was about to appear. (INSIDER Edition subscribers only)
'I found myself at the airport with nothing' A U.S. deportee in 2004, he arrived in Toronto homeless, but determined to rebuild. ANTHONY REINHART tells his story. related news:
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