Yankees Spread Hope for War Survivor From NYSE to First Pitch
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Ten years ago, Mohamed Kamara said he could never have envisioned a day that would start at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street and end with him celebrating at Yankee Stadium with Derek Jeter.
At the time, Kamara was more concerned with providing for his family as an 8-year-old boy in Sierra Leone and surviving a bloody civil war in his west Africa homeland. Kamara, now 18 and living with his aunt and uncle in the Bronx, is still looking after his younger brothers and sisters, sending money home as he balances work and school.