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Others never can.
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Born on March 27, 1948,
in Quebec, the Blanchions...
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were Canada's
first Siamese twins.
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Their parents died in an
automobile accident only days
before their first birthday.
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Dominique and Danielle
were to grow up...
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from then on within the pale walls
of the Loisel Institute,
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where surgeons, reluctant
to risk an operation on their
delicate spinal conjoinment,
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decided to let
them live as one.
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- But whether as twins through life...
- That's Danielle's husband.
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- Who told you that?
- I want to hear this.
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There is always
a price to pay.
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It seems the older
they become,
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the more precarious
is their psychological balance,
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both within themselves
and between one another.
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In this, I am in agreement
with my colleagues.
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Although, they tend
to think that Dominique...
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is the truly disturbed one,
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I think they will find that
Danielle, who is so sweet,
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so responsive, so normal,
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as opposed to her sister,
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can only be so
because of her sister.
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- Bonjour, Dominique.
-
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This was the last interview
the conjoined twins would ever give.
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That night, the doctors
were forced by nature...
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to perform an operation
they had hoped to avoid.
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Late the next day, the institute
announced the successful separation.
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Dominique and Danielle,
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once one, would now
stand each alone.
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- Well, what do you think?
- That's an extraordinary
tape, Mr. McLennen.
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Now, I tried
to do a follow-up,
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but the institute was closed to me
even as a friend of the twins.
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- Why was that?
- Well, all I could find out
at the time was that...