I woke up last night on the sofa sometime after 11:30 after getting in my evening nap with the TV on ESPN's Sportscenter. I quickly realized that I had awoke not during a highlight of a sporting event from earlier during the day but at the beginning of a segment titled "Carry On".
I will go on the record along with many others and say that this was without a doubt some of their finest work. It was a follow up to a 2009 story about two high school athletes that became linked together through circumstances you and I could not imagine. The best part of the story was that it didn't end in 2009 and has continued and hopefully will continue. I am not going to retell the story but provide the video and a link to an article written by Lisa M. Fenn. She's the female in the middle below.
In this article, Lisa shares in her own words "Why I Stayed".
I think the only thing that could have made the story better was if Paul Harvey told it and ended it in his iconic way "and now you know the rest of the story".
What an awesome story...someone who crossed the street and helped their neighbor out and made a difference.
Absolutely beautiful story of friendship and the power of kindness.
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