The Lives And Loves Of Daisy And Violet Hilton: A True Story Of Conjoined Twins - Plot & Excerpts
He loosened his necktie and tugged at the yellow-stained collar biting into his neck. He was still having trouble breathing. He worried that unless he could start taking more air into his lungs, he was going to pass out. He was in a small, windowless interrogation room, seated on an upright wooden chair before a small metal table. Across the table, wearing a green uniform, knee-high boots of shiny brown leather, and a holstered pistol, was an inspector for the United States Immigration Service. Hours earlier, the Sonoma had steamed into San Francisco Bay and docked at Angel Island. Federal officers boarded the ship and, after looking incredulously at the fused bodies of the eight-year-old twins, separated them from Myer, Edith, and Mary. Myer was still shaken from the scene. As Daisy and Violet cried hysterically, a uniformed officer pushed and pulled the pair down the gangplank and then led them to the island hospital where they were to be given a medical examination.1 Next, guards led the Myers and Mary Hilton down the gangplank and shepherded them into an administration building.
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