An Alabama teen’s gifted with a car for his dedication and perseverance to complete his high school, a local radio host who gifted him a car for his hard work which notified by the local Corey Patrick, 19, woke up at 4.30 am daily to catch the 5.41 am bus and the entire journey took him 90 minutes to reach the high school.
Even on his graduation day, Patrick was spotted heading to his high school in Birmingham, Alabama, wearing his cap and gown. His photo went viral after it was posted online last week and caught the attention of the radio host Rickey Smiley who urged followers to help track down the teenager. After Patrick graduated, Rick Smiley then gifted Patrick and his family a brand new car on Friday in recognition of the teen’s dedication and perseverance.
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“I had to do what was necessary for me to walk this year,” Daily Mail quoted Patrick as saying in WBRC. His mother Felicia White said, “He’s a great young man. He’s very quiet, reserved, humble and he gets a little hardheaded sometimes, but he’s a very obedient child and I’m proud of Corey.”
She added, “Even when he would get out of school he couldn’t get from that side of town until 5.19 pm when the bus runs back over there. So he doesn’t make it back this way until about 6.30 or 7 o’clock.”
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