Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
John Hooks and his daughter, 14-month-old Emeri, stop at 445 First St. in Albany, the home of Kathina Thomas, to pay respect at a memorial set up for the 10-year-old shooting victim.
