Day 53

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

        - Albert Camus

Single act of kindness effects change in Utah teen's life

SALT LAKE CITY — All week, KSL News has been highlighting the serious problem of bullying in our schools and community. 

We've received dozens of heartbreaking emails, but we also had one mother write to tell us about a simple act of kindness that had a huge impact on her son's life.

Wendee Russon's son Marcus loved playing sports, but his favorite high school memories involve his friends.

"They were really nice. They loved me," he said.

Marcus is autistic, and his mother feared that would make him an easy target for bullies. In fact, there was one incident in gym class Wendee and Marcus remember distinctly.

"He pushed me over … he was being rough to me," Marcus said, referring to a bullying classmate.

But then another student came to the rescue. 

"A sweet, large-statured young man stood in front of Marcus and said to this other kid, ‘You want to get to him, you are going to have to get through me," Wendee said. 





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