Asked before the game if he had any memories of his time with the Mets, the Bronx native said, "You don't want to know."

The police identified him as Aaron Amartei Commey, a 22-year-old Bronx native who had lived most recently in Milwaukee.

"It's nice and quiet here," said James Davis, an 11-year-old Bronx native who said he'd been out of the city once, to visit Queens.

A Bronx native who displayed considerable energy and showmanship, Barrett finished the game with 13 points.

Mr. Harvey, 44, is a Bronx native who was raised in Alabama and worked in private practice before joining the McGreevey administration last year.

Mr. Lozada, a Bronx native who used to play stickball in the neighborhood, was killed during the battle for Hill 875 on Nov. 20, 1967.

In the otherwise adversarial world of litigation, we discovered that we've remained true Bronx natives at heart.

"We both came from fairly atypical backgrounds for where we ended up," said Mr. Komansky, a Bronx native whose father was a postal worker.

Fernando Braga, a 24-year-old Bronx native who is a member of the Army National Guard, said that he was skeptical of the war before it started.

It appeared that the Bronx native was having a tough time making the move to high school.