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Heroes of the Phoenix Rising by Vision One World A Childhood Spent Watching from the Window His legs don’t allow him to walk with ease. His speech is sluggish and sometimes hard to understand. But when Brian Dawood speaks, the emotion is unmistakable. “I used to stare out of the window and look at the other kids playing and ask, ‘why me?’” he recalls. “If it weren’t for my parents, I don’t think I would have had the courage to face life as I did. They taught me to use my musc

Heroes of the Phoenix Rising by Vision One World Most of us call our country of birth “home.” We grow to love its culture, bond with its people, and build friendships over shared meals. Despite the bloodshed caused by divisions of land, we cling to this idea of belonging. On June 23, 1963, Gilad Atzmon was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, into a secular Jewish household. Like many children, he believed he was part of the “chosen people.” During those early years of innocence, that b

Heroes of the Phoenix Rising by Vision One World “It was the month of January. 2009. I was getting a sinking feeling, call it a mother’s instinct or whatever, but I knew something was not right.” Becky Sherrick Harks, a nurse and expectant mother, was admitted to the hospital to deliver her baby. But instead of joy, the delivery room quickly became a space of confusion and fear. As soon as her daughter was born, she was rushed to the ICU. “I didn’t know what was going on. Nob