When i tell people my story, they dont believe it. I guess i wouldnt believe the story if someone else were telling it, but im telling it. And its true. Every word of it. It started when i was born. 56 years ago. But the real story began when i was 19 years old when i went to college. It was 1980. It was the first day of school at Sullivan CountyCommunity College up in the catskills about 110 miles from where i grew up. So i drove up there alone. I at least had this really old car. It was a volvo and it was a 1970 volvo. Had like 130,000 miles on it. The car was burgundy and the hood was green. Actually, the car was called the old bitch. But the old bitch got me there. Sullivan was a Community College. This wasnt some Longstanding Institution of higher learning. All these Station Wagons are dropping kids off. I was nervous. I just got to the school. I didnt know anybody. I was a freshman. I was never the captain of the Football Team in high school. So i was never really like popular. So im Walking Around trying to find where my dorm is. Meanwhile all these people are coming up to me saying, hi, how are you . How was your summer . Mine was great, how was yours . Super. Why are they asking me how my summer was . I dont know. Everybodys being extremely friendly me to me and theyre going out of their way to do it. I dont mean just a hi. I mean claps on the back and high fives. And i was a little bit bewildered by this because no one gets this kind of a welcome their first day of school. And girls were kissing me, like fully kissing me, saying im so glad you came back. I was saying thank you, hello back, but id never been there before and i didnt know them. It was bizarre. And the next thing i heard right behind me, welcome back, eddy. Eddy, how are you . Eddy, hi. Im like, hey, i dont know what youre talking about, i just got up here. Sure, eddy, youre really funny, really funny, real funny. Im like, im not eddy, I Dont Know Who Eddy is. Welcome back, eddy, theyre all
saying. I finally made it to this dump of a dorm room. And before a minute had gone by, who now . Who now is going to come to find eddy . I had been at college the Previous Year with eddy and i knew that he wasnt coming back to school. As soon as this guy turned around, i was actually shaking. I was i i know the color from my face dropped. Because i knew it was his double. He had the same grin, the same hair, the same expressions, it was his double. And i see this guys face. And hes like just standing there. The first thing out of my mouth was, were you adopted . And i was like, yes. I said, is your birthday july 12th . He said yes. July 12, 1961. Oh my gosh, i said, youre not going to believe this. I said, you have a twin brother. You have a twin. Oh, my god. I said, come with me. The two of us were crammed into this phone booth, shoulder to shoulder. And, you know, we have to like close the door of the phone booth. And im trying to put the coins in and they keep falling on the floor. Bobbys picking up the coins. And he calls this guy and hes like, hey, eddy, youre not going to believe this, youre not going to believe this, eddy, eddy, youre not going to believe this. This guy is more hysterical than i am like weirded out. Eddy, youre not going to believe this. So i was like, give me the phone. Hi, eddy. Yes . But it was my voice that said yes. And i said, hi, eddy, my name is robert shafran, and im meeting all these people who say im
you. And he said, uhhuh, yeah, ive been getting some calls. I said, were you adopted . He said, yes. And i said, when was your birthday . July 12th. And i said, do you know what the name of the agency was . And he said no, hold on. And i heard him go mom . And he came back and said louise wise services. Sometimes when youre just having a dream and know this cant be real this cant be real. But you know theres nothing you can do to stop it, start it, change it. You just go with and it thats what i was doing. I just wanted to see what was going to happen next. And im like, lets go. Lets go meet eddy. So we got into the old bitch. And on to long island we went. So we got there. But its like the middle of the nate. There is this really quiet neighborhood. So we get out of the car. And i walked up to this little path to the house. The lights were on in the house. And i reach out to knock on the door. And as i reach out to knock on the door, it opens. And here i am. His eyes are my eyes, my eyes are his eyes. And its true. They looked exactly alike. They are duplicates of each other. There was no doubt in my mind that they were twins. Hes going, oh, my god. Im going, oh, my god. Hes going, holy crap. Im going, holy crap. They just looked at each other and every time bobby moved his head, eddy moved. Then eddy would move, and then bobby would move. Like like they were looking at a mirror. It was the weirdest thing. It was like the world faded away and it was just me and eddy. So im in the newsroom. Its the middle of a busy day. We got a call from somebody who says they have an amazing story to tell us. Were not going to believe this story. And my first reaction, its a hoax. So i told our reporter, i want to rent a plane. In those days we had enough money to do this. I want to rent a plane. I want to see these two kids face to face or i dont believe this. We flew the journalists up to sullivan Community College, and he called me and he said, howie, its true, its true. And i remember saying, oh, my god. This is a great story. This is a memorable, heartwarming story. And then the story went from being amazing to incredible. Okay . From amazing to incredible. Ive e run. Kelsey. Kelsey. Marriage . Oh. Okay. Look maybe you should just show her this beautiful Helzberg Diamond ring . Thats a better idea. Yeah, maybe not in the bathroom. Oooh oh my word geico. Its easy to switch and save. Even though i find you so captivating and im done with hesitating
lets see where this goes . Save on a gift that says it all. Jared nicki hi, everyone. We just passed the one Year Anniversary of our 5g launch, so lets think about it. We were the first in the world to launch 5g mobile. We flipped the switch on 14 nfl stadiums and with 5g ultra wideband, we hit over 2 gigabits per second. And were gonna be in 30 cities by the end of this year. So thank you all. Itheres my career. s more to me than hiv. My cause. And creating my dream home. Im a work in progress. So much goes into who i am. Hiv medicine is one part of it. Prescription dovato is for adults who are starting hiv1 treatment and who arent resistant to either of the Medicines Dolutegravir or lamivudine. Dovato has 2 medicines in 1 pill to help you reach and then stay undetectable. So your hiv can be controlled with fewer medicines while taking dovato. You can take dovato anytime of day with food or without. Dont take dovato if youre allergic to any of its ingredients or if you take dofetilide. If you have hepatitis b, it can change during treatment with dovato and become harder to treat. Your hepatitis b may get worse or become lifethreatening if you stop taking dovato. So do not stop dovato without talking to your doctor. Serious side effects can occur, including allergic reactions, liver problems, and liver failure. Lifethreatening side effects include Lactic Acid Buildup and severe liver problems. If you have a rash and other symptoms of an allergic reaction, stop taking dovato and get medical help right away. Tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis b or c. Dont use dovato if you plan to become pregnant
or during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy since one of its ingredients may harm your unborn baby. Your doctor should do a Pregnancy Test before starting dovato. Use effective Birth Control while taking dovato. The most common side effects are headache, diarrhea, nausea, trouble sleeping, and tiredness. So much goes into who i am and hope to be. Ask your doctor if starting Hiv Treatment with dovato is right for you. I was on the new york subway. Quite late at night. Read an article about two boys who found each other that were twins separated at birth and found each other at sullivan
county Community College. There was no picture, but the story was fascinating. I came home and went to sleep. My mother came into the room and said, wake up, wake up, i have to show you something. And she shows me a newspaper with a picture of two boys. And i had to focus. And i looked at the photograph and i said, is that david . And shes like, no, but look at the hands. And i was like, holy mackerel, this is beyond amazing. This was a picture in the newspaper of two guys in the post. And i picked up the picture and i looked at it. And i was like in shock. Because the two guys in the post look exactly, exactly like my like my friend david. I stared at it. And it wasnt even just the look on their face. It was the way they were holding their hands. They had these big, meaty hands. David always had these hands that looked like baseball mitts. And when i saw their hands, i just knew that this is david. It was just a normal day. I got to school. Ran into my buddy allen. He said, david, take a look at this. And hes got a copy of the new york post. And he opens it up. He says, look at this. Look familiar . Something to that effect. I said, yeah, right, sure. But then we looked at it a little more closely. It was an article that said twins reunited after more than 19 years. And it had the picture of two of what looked like me. It all started to sink in. Holy oh my god, do you this is this is not believable. This is unbelievable. Wow. This is this is big. This is serious. This is just not some kind of crazy coincidence. This is not a minor resemblance. This is real. This is happening. This is really, really serious. And i ditched classes and got home. My mother was waiting at the Kitchen Table with a cup of coffee. And i said, mom, do you see this . She said, you see this . We kind of exchanged newspapers. It had born long irish jewish hospital, july 12th, 1961, and it was louise wise adoption agency. I mean, i always knew growing up that i was adopted. My parents were always open about it. But it said eddy galland of new hyde park, long island. Robert shafran of scarsdale, new york. Son of prominent scarsdale physician, mort shafran. And my first thought i said hes got the wealthy family. This s. O. B. Is probably driving a benz, he got a doctor. And i remember being with david in the kitchen. We were like really nervous. I mean, we were jumping around. We were 19 years old. This was surreal. David picked up the phone and he called information. And he reached eddys mom. And i said, hi, is eddy home . She says, no, whos calling, please. And i thought, okay, now i got to go into this whole thing on the phone. And i said, well, my name is David Kellman and i was born july 12th, 1961, and im looking at a newspaper, and basically, i think im looking at two of me. I think i might be the third. And i think she dropped the phone, actually. And i remember hearing her voice over the phone. Oh, my god, they are coming out of the woodwork. It was a miracle. The first time that the boys met together, the three together, was at my house. And the three of them ended up like puppies wrestling on the floor. It was the most incredible it was the most incredible thing. They belonged to each other. They knew each other. There was no formal introduction. I mean, when you meet somebody for the first time, you dont end up rolling around on the floor with them. It was truly not fully believable. Even though it was happening. It was still surreal. You think youre dreaming. Youre looking and youre still, oh my god. You look at the other one, oh my god. Then you realize theyre looking at you, or everybody else is looking at you too. To have all three of them at the house at one time it was really madness. My emotions were shock, shock and more shock. I mean i you cant i cant explain it. I havent got the terminology. One of our reporters came running over to me and said, youre not going to believe this, you are not going to believe the call we just got. You know the two kids on the front page today . Well, theres a third. They even moved the same way. All of us just sat back and watched three separate lives becoming one. The way i put it was, i look more like eddy than i did david, and more like david than i did eddy, and more like either of
them like they did each other. Does that make sense . And then we started comparing notes. What do 19yearolds compare . Booze, cigarettes, food, women, music, cars. I had just bought a brandnew mercury capri, which i loved. Bobby had this maroon, beatup, old volvo with cracked leather seats. And im like, son of prominent scarsdale physician, huh . I think it was eddy who said right at the beginning, i dont know if this will turn out to be great or terrible. So there was always a Question Mark, a big Question Mark about where the story eventually was going