Are Guardian Angels OT?

Submitted by LB on

This is an update from an older ESPN story. I would advise against reading it if you are driving or operating dangerous machinery.

Thanks to B. Madej for catching this one.

How did I miss this story? Amazing, wonderful! RT @danajacobson: Beautiful, beautiful story. 'Carry On' Why I stayed http://t.co/2AtxQti8ww

— Bruce Madej (@umbmad) July 7, 2013

gwkrlghl

July 7th, 2013 at 9:07 PM ^

Pretty awesome what investing in someone's life can do. Those guys probably had almost no chance of going to college or being a freakin paralympian given the situation they were born into. Awesome story

LB

July 7th, 2013 at 9:13 PM ^

in Lisa Fenn's closing:

I stayed because we only get one life, and we don't truly live it until we give it away.

I stayed because we can change the world only when we enter into another's world.

I was taken by how similar it was to the message delivered by Mike Barwis in his TEDx talk.

It's the people you impact along the way. It's what you give of yourself to somebody else to make them great that eventually is what makes you great.

Mmmm Hmmm

July 7th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^

I remember tearing up when the original story played on ESPN...I am so happy that both kids got some amazing opportunities and (by the account) took great advantage of then!

Sopwith

July 8th, 2013 at 12:55 AM ^

What a story.  I'm putting into my "faith in humanity" file.  It's a few (dozen) orders of magnitude thinner than the "people really suck" file, but every little bit helps.  This was awesome.

samsoccer7

July 8th, 2013 at 8:22 AM ^

I saw the extended version on sports center last night. Truly amazing and worthy of tears. I am so happy those kids are succeeding and Lisa is truly an angel to these boys.

saveferris

July 8th, 2013 at 9:30 AM ^

Thanks for sharing.  A heart-warming story like this is certainly a welcome change from the cynicism of all the Urban Meyer / Aaron Hernandez news.

Generic MGoBlogger

July 8th, 2013 at 10:27 AM ^

Thanks so much for sharing. I found myself close to tears if not already in tears... Such an inspirational story. The world needs more people like Lisa Fenn. Someday, I want to make that kind of difference.

French West Indian

July 8th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^

Although it's nice these kids have perservered and have gotten some help, a journalist clearly crossed a line by forcing herself into a story and a corporation is now exploiting this for their own means.

Guardians angels?  Really? The whole thing reeks of typical Disneyfied American corporate propoganda...beurk! The story might be dumb but it certainly isn't "off-topic" either.

 

michfan6060

July 8th, 2013 at 7:13 PM ^

Yeah, how dare she cross a line and make a positive differences in two young men's lives. Seriously why do some people always have to be cynics.