David was taken away from his foster parents at age 7, Misdiagnosed , and placed in a Mental institution until he was18. After his release David was befriended by Dale Hankins who after a successful career as an executive was hit by bipolar disorder and cancer.
They met at 'Up town Bills' a refuge for lost souls in Iowa City named after 'Wild Bill' another Iowa man brought up in the care of the State ,but a local celebrity in Iowa, ScreenWriter Barry Morrow turned Bills life into an Emmy winning film.
Barry the screenwriter for the Rainman took an interest in Davids story . Davids dream was to see the Pacific and walk the Castro before he died. Making the trip became urgent when David had stroke . I flew over to film the journey we met Barry in California where he introduced David to the Pacific Ocean
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