The story
Senator Robert F. Kennedy called it a 'snake pit' where children lived in conditions 'less comfortable than zoo animals.'
Everything that was here
- 1947–1987
Willowbrook State SchoolMental Hospital
Senator Robert F. Kennedy called it a 'snake pit' where children lived in conditions 'less comfortable than zoo animals.'
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