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Hochman: ‘I came home to a call from Hank Aaron.’ An ill boy’s story of the kind-hearted ‘Hammer’

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FILE- In this March 1974 file photo, Atlanta Braves outfielder Hank Aaron swings a bat at home plate during spring training. Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. The Atlanta Braves said Aaron died peacefully in his sleep. No cause of death was given. (AP Photo, File)

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The breaths were so scary, they sure seemed like they could be his last ones.

Before Burton Rocks turned 5, asthma nearly killed him three different times.