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Orlando Sentinel: PRODUCT: OS DESK: ASEC DATE: 03-14-2004 EDITION: FLA ZONE: FLA PAGE: A13.0 DEADLINE: 22.39 OP: dbreen COMPOSETIME: 18.13 CMYK Orlando Sentinel SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2004 A13 Highchairs For Grown Ups Grief was private for public murder Murmu Biu.tr 4984-A E. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL (One Block W. of Kane's) (407) 893-73 1 1 bp! WE MAKE LIFE EASIER. Contact a Realtor at www.orLreaLtor.com Oriando Regional Reaitor Association REALTOR lbhte- Kitty Genovese became a symbol when dozens of witnesses did nothing.

By JEFF PEARLMAN NEWSDAY NEW YORK At the time, they were "friends" in quotes. It's how you'd explain two women living together back in 1964, when blacks were still trying to establish civil rights and the idea of gay marriage was as comprehensible as a man landing on the moon. Sometimes, Finally a Non-Surgical Approach to Vein Treatment Before After Vascular Vein 407-244-8559 Center of Orlando www.veinsorlando.com PIANO RENTALS ALDEN PELLETTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Still mourns. Mary Ann Zielonko stands in her home in West Rutland, Vt. Zielonko later spoke of the 40th anniversary of the murder of her lesbian partner, who was stabbed and raped in front of 38 witnesses.

if they accidentally let their guards down in public, Mary Ann Zielonko and Kitty Genovese would exchange a loving glance; maybe even grasp hands or two. Then, 2 YAMAHA By Day By Week By Month March 13, 1964, Genovese, a 28-year-old bar manager just getting off work, was walking toward her apartment in the Kew Gardens section of Queens. She spotted a strange man and began to walk swiftly toward her home. From behind, he attacked, stabbing Genovese repeatedly until she was dead. The man also raped Genovese.

No one came to her aid. Alone, the incident was yet another scary moment in scary New York City. But two weeks after the crime, The New York Times reported that while 38 neighbors had either heard or witnessed the attack, not one had taken action. The case became infamous, and four decades after her death, Kitty Genovese is remembered not so much as a human being as a cultural catch-phrase for inexcusable indifference. Yet to Zielonko, Kitty Genovese is alive.

She is still standing there, in the Manhattan bar where the two first met on an early spring day in 1963. Genovese is a talkative woman with big brown eyes, an infectious giggle, and the 25-year-old Zielonko is smitten with her immediately. Within a week, Zielonko finds a note taped to the door of her apartment. WILL CALL YOU AT THE STREET CORNER PHONE BOOTH AT 7. -KITTY G.

That night, they agree to meet at Seven Steps, a gay bar on Houston Street. Zielonko says Genovese told her she was once married to a man, but the marriage was annulled. "We just hit it off," Zielonko said. "We meshed. I'm very quiet, and she talked a lot.

We both had struggles with our sexuality, as did many people back then." A first date turned into romance. Thanks to a newspaper ad, they lucked upon a one-bedroom apartment. For one year GENOVESE 520 West S.R. 436 Altamonte Springs Ashby Sq. Shopping Plaza (407) 869-51 00 8114 S.

Orange Blossom Tr. Orlando Across from Florida Mall (407) 857-4957 for a second DlSTfl The Futon Place Sup- 1355 Sand Lake Rd. (Opposite FL Mall) TV WWW-WWW Tg (Nnvt Root Rj 407521-8848 766 East Altamonte Dr. (SR436) 407331-4042 "one of the happiest years of my life," Zielonko says the two lived together. Genovese worked as the manager at a sports bar, while Zielonko tended bar at Club Chris.

Now 65 and long retired from her job building submarines for Electric Boat in Grot-on, Zielonko confesses that her memory flickers from time to time. Her mind flashes back to Genovese's since-deceased parents in New Canaan, Conn. Officially, in the home of Vincent and Rachel Genovese, two devout Roman Catholics, Mary Ann was Kitty's "friend." On the night of March 12, 1964, Zielonko returned home around 11, then fell asleep. A knock woke her the next morning. It was two police officers, asking Zielonko to accompany them to the hospital.

A few days later, Zielenko attended Genovese's funeral in New Canaan, where, she says, the family refused to acknowledge her. "I think it was be cause of our lifestyle." For the next six months, Zielonko says, she locked herself in the apartment, alternating between crying and drinking. "Finally, I knew I had to get on with my life." That October she moved to Brooklyn. A year later, Zielonko resumed dating. She has a bachelor's degree in social work and a master's in statistical analysis.

Retired since 1997, she lives in West Rutland, with her partner of 32 years. With the passing of time, Zielonko was able to leave most of the pain behind. But come March 13, Kitty Genovese's name is inevitably evoked. It's an annual ritual, and Zielonko's thoughts are always the same: What would 68-year-old Kitty Genovese look like? Would they still be together? "I think she'd be happy." A pause. "We'd both be." Jeff Pearlman is a reporter for Newsday, a Tribune Publishing newspaper.

quickly, they'd stop. Now, looking back at two young lovers through senior-citizen eyes, Zielonko measures her adoration for Genovese in numerous ways. Love was their regular Monday sojourns to Grede's, a club where they'd drink beer. It was the late-night chats and the intimate kisses. In the end, love was identifying a body.

Forty years later, Zielonko is still haunted by the vision of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, her partner in life, dead on a table in Queens General Hospital. To millions of Americans, the name Kitty Genovese represents anything but love. Her death was a story of apathy and selfishness; of what results when people ignore the terrified shrieks of a helpless woman being murdered. In the early morning of We Will Not Be Undersold Shop and Compare what you've been LATIN NIGHTCLUB SWING SALSA BALLROOM 673-7339 www.cutarug.com WINTER PARK MISS JUG Arthur Dance Studios NOTHING VENTURED, EVERYTHING GAINED CADILLAC CTS SRX The available 255-hp 3.6L V6 CTS and the 260-hp 3.6L V6 SRX performance SUV. Arrive with nothing and leave with everything you ever wanted.

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