Students Raise Money to Free 120 Enslaved People
When Eric Ensey traveled to India this year, he shook the hand of a man who was freed from bonded labor by the money his teenage students had raised in the Seattle area.
At 17-years-old, Calif. native Johnny Strange is the youngest person ever to conquer the tallest summits on each of the seven continents.
At 17-years-old, Calif. native Johnny Strange is the youngest person ever to conquer the tallest summits on each of the seven continents.
After topping the final peak last week, Strange e-mailed family and friends to say: "Never let anyone stifle your dreams no matter the feat, for if you have the heart and the courage, impossible is nothing."
He shouts another message from the mountaintops as well. A sign he carried to the Mt. Everest peak read, "Stop Genocide."
Watch the Katie Couric interview at CBS.
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