Tanya Freshwater (aka Margo Freshwater)

When I was 18 months, my mom had me out in the backyard and she forgot something inside.

She ran inside to get it.

The houses on Indianola Avenue, the back of their houses faced the railroad tracks.

At one of those houses, a neighbor stepped out to take out the trash.

And as she turned around to go back in the door, something caught her eye.

And she turned around, looked, and she saw this child on the railroad tracks and a train coming.

So she ran and she grabbed me off the tracks.

I've always believed that everyone has a purpose on this world.

And once that purpose has been fulfilled, that's when we move on.

That was the first time I'd ever had an Arby's because they asked me if I'd eaten and I said no.

So they stopped at an Arby's and got me a roast beef sandwich.

Back in those days, things were a lot different.

So I wasn't going to steal someone's identity.

I was going to create an identity.

It was just totally random because I wanted to go by Tony as a nickname.

And so it was just Tony with an A on the end.

Tanya.

And so I applied for a Social Security card through the mail and filled out the application and everything.

And I put that my birth date was 5-23-53.

And I picked that date because my older brother's birthday was May 22nd.