Some while ago, two students in Forest, Virginia, reached out to me
regarding a National History Day project they were producing about the birth of
open-heart surgery, the focus of my book “King of Hearts: The True Story of theMaverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery.”
I am always happy to help, however modestly, with enterprising
young people, so along with their teacher, Regan Alber and Audrey Stinnett got
on a Zoom call with me. I followed up by providing some photos of the Father of
open Heart Surgery, the late Dr. C. Walton Lillehei.
So imagine how excited I was for Regan and Audrey and their
teacher when I received this email recently:
“We presented our project today and it went very well. We
received a perfect score, and won the ‘Best in Show’ award which means that we
won first place out of all 5 categories! We are going to continue our NHD
journey by attending CVCC National History Day. Again, thank you so much for
everything!”
I wish them the best of luck as they continue with NHD and
in their career aspirations.
Here is the video:
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