I was made for this i was born to win i am a champion good evening. Im dr. Sanjay gupta. Theres a lot of bitterness in the news these days. And t. Can be sometimes too easy to miss the good stories, the good people, the ones quietly striving to make the world better. 12 of my colleagues here at cnn recently reconnected with some of the people weve covered over the last couple of decades, focus on individuals who were so deeply affected by what happened to them that they now spend their lives making a difference. And i can tell you this. All of us have been personally inspired by them. Later im going to introduce to you my champion for change. But first lets start with my colleague john berman. 11 years ago he met a group of singers belting out vongz. Their average age, 84. They are called the young at heart chorus. And as you watch them and hear them youre going to probably sing along. Youre probably going to tap your feet. But youre also going to be reminded of what is possible at any
do the kind thing. this week we are revisiting stories of remarkable people changing our world as part of our series champions for change. for chris cuomo that person is a 13-year-old poet named mattie steponic. his message of peace and hope was for our country and his words have stayed with chris to this day. if we choose to make peace a reality and spread it throughout the world, and get involved we will have peace. never met anybody like mattie