CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — A retired award-winning Connecticut columnist is shedding light on domestic violence impacting boys and men through sharing his deeply personal story of survival.

James Walker, 72, was born and raised in the North New Jersey projects with six siblings. He says from the very beginning, life was a game of Russian roulette — each day was far from guaranteed.

“My first memory in life is having my foot cut open,” Walker said, recounting a story about when he was 3 years old. He was attempting to get to the cookie jar when his father caught him and began beating him with a wooden hanger. A protruding nail on the hanger caused the sizable gash to his foot, he said.

Walker says chunks of his memory are missing, a result of dealing with a childhood filled with traumatic mome

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