FFfAW: The Picture

Photo credit: ©Ellespeth’s Friend

I took the picture from the drawer.  They looked like just some schoolboys, without a care in the world.  “Did they grow up on the streets?”  I wondered.

Every single one of these boys was gifted, though, specially chosen to study at a distinguished university.  They all went on to be prestigious doctors, lawyers, and researchers.

… except one.  He became an ordinary street cleaner.

Dad now gone, I put the photo in my wallet.  I would find this man, thank him, and learn his story.

You see, 15 years after this photo was taken and three years before I was born, the quick thinking and courage of this seemingly insignificant person saved my father’s life in a freak river accident.

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