Joe came home and he sees me dressed and goes, it's 10. I go, yeah, I gotta go to

Brooklyn, sign in, get my paperwork done, and four, I'm been assigned to Ground Zero.

No, you haven't. Yes, I haven't. Don't we usually discuss things? I says, yeah, but you've been too busy.

And he looked at me and goes, I don't want you to go. And I said, well, where would you be?

We got into the car and he would not speak to me.

We got to Brooklyn and he opened the door and he said you sure I can't convince you I

said will you stop going and he got back in the car and said I'll see you tomorrow.

I said good I said we're not winning any fight here it's just something I need to do.

Welcome to an Army of Normal folks. I'm Bill Courtney. I'm a normal guy. I'm a

husband, a father, an entrepreneur entrepreneur and I'm a football coach in

inner city Memphis and the last part unintentionally led to an Oscar for the film

about our team. It's

problems will never be solved by a bunch of fancy people and ice suits

using big words that nobody understands on CNN and Fox but rather by an army of normal folks, us, just you and me saying,

hey I can help. That's what Sonia Agron, the voice we just heard is done.

After the 9-11 terrorist attacks, Sonia

volunteered at the toxic rubble of Ground Zero to help support the recovery and

cleanup effort and this duty she felt that her husband Joe could not stop

Tragically resulted in a steep personal price that you'll soon hear about and yet yet, despite that, Sonia would do it all over again.

And she's still volunteering through a world of pain. I can't wait for you to

meet Sonia right after these brief messages from our generous sponsors. Hi, I'm John O'Brien, host of Money and Wealth on the Black Effect Podcast Network.

I'm an entrepreneur and a businessman. Some would call a thought leader.

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