I am a previous student from crossroads. At that time I was from Chicago. I was one of his "special students". I never was taken advantage of though. I was taken on those trips to Disney, the Everglades, house boating trips and some other trips. Being that I was the only student from outside the state of Florida, it wasn't uncommon that I stayed at his house/ apt over the weekend.
If you want to know more about this man please ask.
Here is a copy of the email I received from him a month before he died.
From: "v****@****.com" <v*****@*****.com>
Date: October 27, 2010, 9:12:47 AM EDT
To: j*****@*****.com
Subject: Re: Great to hear from you 2
yo man sure..my number is 321 939 ****. usually home until 4 pm eastern time then after 10 pm. live up in orlando now in a small snobby town called celebration outside of orlando going toward tampa. u can google it. its a disney community. basically just travel and chill, enjoying life. always thought of you as a little brother though you arent so little anymore
. now that you are an adult and anything goes, don't have to be all formal. you can call me matt which is my first name or patrick which is my second name. we are equals now.
He was just touching base with me to stay in contact. Thought some of you would like to know.
Jr1977