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Vernon Corliss talks about his time at GST Steel and when he shook Mitt Romney’s hand in his Kansas City, Missouri home, Tuesday, May 23. Corliss suffers from asbestosis, he once weighted 270 pounds, however because of his poor health he now weights 139 pounds. He did not lose his job when the plant closed, however when GST Steel declared bankruptcy it could no longer fully pay pension and health care benefits.
