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Eric Dai never swims in the large pool in the middle courtyard of his home in Parkland, Florida.
Pointing at the fence just behind the pool, which marks the perimeter of his property, he explains that it would be easy for an intruder to climb over it and attack him defenseless in the water. Despite the two guards who patrol his property and the dozens of white security cameras watching over his every move, the risk is too great.
Dai doesn’t like to eat at restaurants either.
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