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PHOTOGRAPHY HAS long been a hobby of mine, and I often carry a camera with me. While driving to Dallas last week, I pulled over to shoot a picture of a shipping warehouse surrounded by trailers parked in neat rows. It's an unremarkable photograph unless you know the story behind the trailers' "CF" logo.
Last September, Consolidated Freightways, one of America's largest trucking firms, filed for bankruptcy. More than 15,000 workers lost their jobs, many without notice. Each of those trailers was parked for the last time by someone who drove it for a living. I see the trailers in my photograph and wonder how their drivers are doing now. After a time, I saw another story …