Irving Schwartz stories – 3

In his remarks at Irving's funeral, Dr. Richard Goldbloom, the celebrated Halifax pediatrician who is Irving's brother-in-law, re-told a story Irving liked to tell on himself. In the late-90s, the Canadian International Demining Corps, Irving's mine-removal charity, developed a center to train Mozambicans in the techniques of mine removal. Once up and running, the center was to be turned over to state government. The facility lay deep in the jungle. Irving flew in for the transfer ceremony, together with the state governor and the Mozambican Minister of Land Mine Removal. Upon landing, the government officials and their aides gathered into a tight...