Sunday, December 27, 2009

A great story for these times

Here's a perfect story for this time of the year...no, make that every day of the year. It's not WAC-related but that doesn't matter:

Special holiday story at DePaul and assistant coach Billy Garrett
Robert Sakamoto
Depaulbluedemons.com
December 25, 2009

Gather the kids around the fireplace, space heater or whatever brings you warmth and comfort during this holiday season, and listen to this tale of a good Samaritan named Billy Garrett.

Garrett, a DePaul assistant basketball coach, was battling the elements of last weekend's super storm trying to fly home from Baltimore-Washington International Airport after a recruiting trip when he spotted a blind woman and her 8-year-old daughter trying to navigate their way through a sea of human chaos. Flights were being canceled as quickly as the snow was falling on this whiteout of a Saturday morning, resulting in a collective angst among holiday travelers.

Garrett needed to be at the Allstate Arena for the Blue Demons' 1 p.m. game against Texas State.

Blocking out the surrounding bedlam, Garrett watched this woman struggle to reach the ticket counter.

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