Homeless man gets job, house
Posted at 11:43 AM on January 5, 2011
by Bob Collins
(2 Comments)
Filed under: Economy
Updating the morning mention of Ted Williams, the former DJ turned homeless person: The Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team has hired him fulltime and, he says, given him a house.
Here's video of his appearance on an Ohio radio station this morning.
Comments (2)
Nice. One down, thousands to go.
He has a voice, and he is a storyteller. How many other recovering alcoholics will get a second chance like this. Maybe by putting a story to the "homeless" people will think a little harder about that person on the corner who is living through hard times.
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