Larry Yellen says the vandals who desecrated dozens of headstones, including his parents', at a Jewish cemetery in Waukegan are 'cowardly.'
He may also be a familiar face to some viewers.
"When I was covering stories in Waukegan, I would often make a quick pit stop at the cemetery to say hello to my parents," Yellen said. Red swastikas were spray painted on 16 tombstones and nearly two dozen more were defaced by other graffiti. ABC7 has blurred out those images.RELATED: Organization monitors synagogue safety, antisemitic threats from Chicago stronghold"These are all the people I grew up with and went to synagogue with, and they came to my bar mitzvah and celebrated with me," said Yellen.
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