The other day I was talking to a guy who, among many pursuits, is heavily involved in an inner-city charter school. He said that his dream is to build, around the school and in the neighborhood, a Heroes Project so that the kids have real, local role models of folks they can look up to, folks who are not athletes or rock stars, since almost no one ends up as a professional athlete or a rock star. (Any takers to make that happen? Let me know.)
And then today someone told me about Julio Diaz’s story on NPR’s StoryCorps. Julio got mugged at knife-point coming off the subway in New York, and it turned into a story with a very surprising, very inspiring ending.
I hope someone starts the Heroes Project, and if they do I officially nominate Julio as the first hero.
Click on the image to hear the story – it’s less than 2 minutes long, and I promise it will make your day.
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