I'm Shankar Vedantam, the host of a podcast called My Unsung Hero.

Each week we share a short story about an act of kindness that changed someone's life.

She cared enough to say something to me, something that probably wasn't easy to say, but

it was something that changed the direction of my life.

So thank you, Holly.

My Unsung Hero.

Listen and renew your faith in humanity.

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Right now, I'm in a professional sports stadium.

See if you can figure out what sport I'm watching.

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We've got a barn burner of a game today.

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Ooh, with 10 seconds on the clock, it's all gonna come down to this final play.

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