Who inspired in 2008?
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- November
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Beliefnet.com has come out with its nominees for the “Most Inspiring Person of the Year 2008.”
You can read about them and vote HERE.
It is an interesting and eclectic assortment of folks.
Briefly, the nominees are:
- Boy scouts from Iowa and Nebraska who came to the aid of many when a tornado ripped through western Iowa.
- Paul Newman, the late actor and philanthropist extraordinaire.
- Randy Pausch, the “Last Lecture” professor.
- Master Sgt. William “Spanky” Gibson, who returned to battle in Iraq after losing a leg.
- Dr. Halima Bashir, who was brutalized for speaking out against the violence in Darfur.
- Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a doctor who learned from her own stroke.
- Christina Applegate, actress and breast cancer survivor now fighting for a cure.
- Dara Torres, Olympic swimmer who reached out to a competitor.
- Darin Headrick, a school superintendent in Kansas who helped rebuild a school system after a tornado.
- Steven Curtis Chapman, Christian singer who showed tremendous courage after the death of his daughter.
You might remember that last year’s honor went to Liviu Librescu (pictured), the Holocaust survivor who died while trying to save others during the Virginia Tech massacre.
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