EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Eli Manning, Tom Coughlin and Victor Cruz were among the New York Giants who came by to talk and offer their condolences, and not long after, a thought struck Tom Teves, a lifelong fan of the team invited to Thursday's practice as a temporary escape from his unfathomable pain.

"This would be the highlight of our lives," Teves said, "if you took away July 20."

July 20, 2012.

That's the day his son died at the hands of a mass murderer in an Aurora, Colo., movie house.
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