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Man on a mission

Armand Young passes through Sidney on long walk to honor fallen responders

Armand Young began walking across the United States on April 16, 2007 in honor of American soldiers and victims of 9/11.

He brought along a bamboo pole covered in American flags. He asks those he encounters to sign a flag with the promise to perform a kind act in honor of a 9/11 victim or fallen soldier.

"My big picture is that I'm trying to change the world with kindness," Young said. "I'm trying to turn all the negative in our world into positive."

For every life lost, Young hopes to gain one signature and inspire a corresponding act of kindness. Young's pole now weighs 62 pounds and i...

 

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