BC assistant coach Mo Cassara passed this my way this morning, and after reading it I felt compelled to pass it along to everyone. The story is about BC's Biko Paris who is finally getting his chance to start this season, but has already been through something that makes ACC pressure seem like nothing.
Here's an excerpt of a piece The Boston Globe titled "Storming the court"...
The warnings about Hurricane Katrina already had flashed. The evacuation notices had been issued. Biko left for Texas on a Friday with his mother and other family members. His father and grandmother stayed in New Orleans.
“I just thought it was going to be another storm like it always was,’’ Clarence said. “But it was totally different.’’
Before the storm hit, Clarence went to the trophy case, saw the MVP plaque from Biko’s sophomore year at John Curtis Christian School and put it on top of the shelf.
The storm hit Monday, the levees broke Tuesday. The water flushed families from their homes, left bodies in the streets, and rung up damages of nearly $90 billion. Nearly everything about the New Orleans Biko had known was washed away. But his family was able to hang on to that plaque.
“It still has some debris on it,’’ Biko said. “The flood marks. The water. You can see it. But that was the only one my dad was able to save.’’
Go read the rest, its well worth your time.
