tumor who needed frequent chemotherapy treatments. richard was stunned how this boy and his mother made it to the hospital. they would leave home at 4:00 a.m., take four buses and arrive four hours later. after chemo, this little boy slept in his mother s arms as they would make the same long journey home. so, richard started to give them a ride in his trusted buick and that ride led to many more. he started a foundation, bought a van, hired a driver and provides rides for low income families with children fighting cancer. while in hospital, he also officers translation services, help buying lunch and enrolls them in the bone marrow donation net work. for richard, this is more than a moral calling. it s personal.
good evening. when life knocks you down, it s a struggle to get back up because sometimes we can t see fate at work. lining up things as it does in its mysterious way. for years, dr. laura stachel worked as a top ob/gyn. after she suffered an injury to her back, delivering babies became too painful so she had to stop. but she got up. she went back to school. and a research mission brought her to nigeria to find out why so many mothers and so many babies were dying before, during, and after childbirth. she learned what happened when the hospital lights went out and it haunted her. she carried that horror home with her. and as fate would have it, laura could tell her husband what was needed. and he could design a magic
villages. i ll never forget the people i met in tacloban searching for the bodies all alone without help. among those responding was to the typhoon, a cnn hero of the year in 2009, for his work educating kids in the slums in the philippines. he put his push carts to work in the last couple of weeks, encouraging people to donate and he helped raise 30 million pesos in a telethon. other cnn heroes have also rushed in to help the vulnerable and those who have been devastated in the philippines. 2009 hero, doc henley, he is here with us tonight. stand up if you would. stand up right here. doc is awesome. and that s the extraordinary thing about our cnn heroes. their work never ends.