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Senior Writer, espn. W Close. Award- winning journalist Allison Glock is a senior writer for espn.

W whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Esquire, GQ and many others. She has written six books, including her latest, the third in her YA series "Changers," which has been widely lauded as an important series that teaches kids about empathy and tolerance.

All Shaquem Griffin remembers about the day his left hand was removed is the little red wagon. Peter Yang for ESPN The Magazine. ABOUT 1,5. 00 KIDS from a handful of countries are competing in the Baytaf AAU track meet in Tampa, Fla., the 9. The swelter does little to quell packs of squealing children zipping in and around the beach tents and loveseat- size coolers, and yet, as Shaquem and Shaquill Griffin wend through the crowd, spectators freeze and take note."Twiiins!" shriek several observers of the obvious, as if they've spotted a shooting star, some pointing as the identical 1.

Y'all look like you're going to be somebody," says a middle- aged woman in denim shorts and a tank top. Can I take your picture?"The twins pose, arms draped languidly over each other's shoulders, smiling full and proud. An audience gathers at the track fence as the Griffins practice their triple jumps, coaching each other: "Out, not up." "Watch the knees." Shaquem is precise in his prep. He leans back, then forward, over and over in a bobbing rhythm, elbows sharp and back stiff as if he is dancing in slow motion.

Before he runs, he raises his arms, slaps his right hand into his left forearm, the crowd joining in enthusiastically. Then he is off, the rhythmic applause growing faster as he tears down the track and launches himself like an artillery shell into the sand. He travels 4. 8 feet, 1. By eighth grade, we knew we would never leave each other. We talk about having adjacent houses when we get older," says Shaquill. Peter Yang for ESPN The Magazine.

Shaquill follows, and the spectators clap again until he too is airborne, landing with a nimble sprawl. He covers 4. 8'9", good for second. The twins are pleased, but they do not celebrate unduly. They cheer on the rest of the jumpers. They stay classy and humble, even as they wade into the throng of beaming fans, their gold and silver medals bouncing around their chests.

Later, under a tent set up by their parents, Tangie and Terry, the brothers slurp down fruit cups and stretch, oblivious to a stream of double takes. Someone brings up their final football game at Lakewood High (St. Petersburg, Fla.); the team lost the Class 5. A regional semis on a touchdown pass in the final 1. Shaquem, a safety, had been taken out."Coach said he looked tired," Shaquill says, his jaw set."I think the coach believed Shaquem couldn't make the play," says their mother, Tangie, a medical data analyst. Both twins wept on the sideline.

Not just for the crushing loss but for the lack of faith. Despite everything Shaquem had shown that season, over four seasons, in the end, in their eyes, Coach saw only what was missing. ALL SHAQUEM GRIFFIN remembers about the day his left hand was removed is the little red wagon: "I was pulling it around. After that, everything is a blank."He was 4 years old, the hand a casualty of amniotic band syndrome, a congenital disorder that occurs in roughly 1 in every 1,2. While she was pregnant, Tangie had been told the amniotic sac had entangled with her son's wrist, but because Shaquem was a twin, the risk was too great to operate. When the boys were born - - Shaquill first at 6.

Shaquem at 6. 4 - - Tangie and Terry discovered the consequence of forgoing the operation. The tissue in Shaquem's left hand was soft, his fingers like a glove filled with jelly."Everything I touched burned," recalls Shaquem of his first four years. The pain was so unbearable that he walked into the kitchen in the middle of the night sobbing and reached for a butcher's knife. But his mother interrupted the plan. Cut them off," he begged, waving his fingers. Please.""I massaged his hand, tried to ease his pain any way I could," says Tangie, who called the next day to schedule surgery.

She and Terry did not tell their son why he was going to the hospital. They didn't know how.

THE MISSING HAND isn't the first thing you notice about Shaquem Griffin. That would be the hair, plaited and falling just past shoulder length. He and his brother have been growing their respective braids since seventh grade. Like everything else the two do, the hair was a joint decision, which brings up the second thing you notice about Shaquem: Shaquill."People say, 'I never see you without him,'" Shaquill says, sitting on the well- worn sofa of their family home in St.

Petersburg, Shaquem to his right. Being a twin attracts a lot of attention.

But we never wished we weren't."Identical twins are innately magnetic. They draw the eye, trip something primal in the subconscious. Mythology and science fiction are littered with twins, or the idea of twins, multiple copies of the same being, clones, otherworldly creatures that possess mystical knowledge and abilities normal humans do not. Weird stuff does happen," Shaquill says.

But we just roll with it."The brothers say they often crave the same food at the same moment. Or switch separate TV sets to the same channel simultaneously. It's like we are in the room together when we aren't," marvels Shaquem."Like today," adds Shaquill, "I grabbed my blue swimming trunks, and he came out dressed in the same ones.""When something happens to him, I feel it," says Shaquem, as Shaquill nods in agreement. Injuries have followed suit. When Shaquem pulled a groin muscle, Shaquill did the same two days later. Their bodies are not only in sync but uncannily similar. They stand 6'1" and vacillate from 1.

Even though Shaquem is a safety and Shaquill a corner, the two have developed in parallel, their muscles seemingly equal shape and size."They have that twin connection," says Terry, awed himself. They share everything."Both competed in baseball, football and track from age 5. Any physical disadvantage was ground to dust at home by Terry, a tow truck operator, who devised creative training solutions for Shaquem's missing hand: Like "the book," a block of wood with another smaller piece nailed to it, forming an L- shaped brace so Shaquem could bench- press. Or like the hurdles made from stacks of bricks and the bell hung from a tree limb 1.

I was harder on them than their coaches because I knew what they could do," says Terry. He also didn't want to give anyone an excuse to dismiss Shaquem. Players thought they'd just knock the ball from him," Terry says, laughing.

But they couldn't; he just kept on running."College scouts took note of the twins early, but doubts about Shaquem lingered. At a Nike combine, a coach threw him the ball underhand, as if tossing it to a child. No one ever told me I couldn't play," Shaquem says, pressing his lips together. They just said I wouldn't be able to" - - dismissals he was determined to make them eat. In his senior year, Shaquem logged 6. Lakewood, earning second- team all- state. He also ranked fifth in the nation in the triple jump and was state champ in the long jump.

Shaquill matched his brother's success, with 4. You. Tube videos. In June they were both declared Tampa Bay Track and Field Athlete of the Year by the Tampa Bay Times. In high school, the twins were three- star DBs and nationally ranked track and field stars. Peter Yang for ESPN The Magazine.

The brothers are used to being fused into one person. It is the social irony of all identical twins. You stand out because you are a pair, but you are processed in the minds of others as a single entity. When asked if she ever imagines her sons independently, Tangie cocks her head and considers the notion. I don't," she realizes, smiling. In my mind, they are always together."The twins assert they are, in some ways, unique.