A Chance To Meet A Real Hero

Last Monday a co worker of mine gave me a copy of the article below, "Have you been kind today." It is an incredible story of a 54 year old man named, Frank Sullivan, who is truly living a life of kindness. As the article says, Frank was recognized for his heroic actions in January when he witnessed a robber punch a commuter in the face, snatch his iPod, and flee. Sullivan chased the perpetrator off the train, tackled him on a moving escalator, and detained him until police arrived. Amazingly, as the article also states, in another dramatic twist: Sullivan almost lost his life in 1979 after he confronted misbehaving diners in a Chinatown restaurant, who then waited outside for him and shot him twice in the head, leaving him legally blind and hard of hearing. As heroic and incredible as his act was on the commuter rail, each day Frank successfully looks for and carries out "heroic" actions through an organization he founded called PINCH such as recently helping to raise funds for a wheelchair for a boy whose wheelchair was stolen. As the article states when he witnessed the iPod crime, Sullivan was reading a book called "Practice Random Acts of Kindness." After reading the article, I quickly sent an email to the author of the class asking if I could contact Frank. He quickly got back to me, we talked, and less than a week later today we met. What an incredible man and an incredible story. I feel very lucky to have met him and hear his story of struggle, persistence, hope and kindness. I hope that the kids will have the chance as well to meet him before the end of the class.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/11/08/have_you_been_kind_today/
http://wbztv.com/local/dispatcher.stops.mugger.2.915189.html