[ He catches the look she's giving him and shrugs one shoulder. He doesn't want her to be sympathetic. It's just the facts. ]

I grew up in the Depression, hun. People were struggling after the first war. The world couldn't find her feet. Then Wall Street collapsed and everything went right back to hell on our own doorstep. I don't think he would'a liked what became of New York anyway. Better he died doing what he loved than dying on the streets like all those other poor bastards.