The View From My Windshield: “World Guy”

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World on a String: Erik Bendl, 48, of Louisive, KY, is pushing this to-scale (maybe) model of the Earth from Washington, DC to Maine to raise awareness of Diabetes (Photo: Alex Gontar).World on a String: Athol, Massachusetts— “World Guy,” aka Erik Bendl, 48, of Louisville, KY, is pushing this to-scale (maybe) model of the Earth from Washington, DC to Maine to raise awareness of Diabetes (Photo: Alex Gontar).

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