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'It was a promise I made to him': 32 men and women achieve dream of getting high school diploma
Graduation ceremony held Tuesday in New Orleans
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Updated: 6:37 PM CDT Jun 22, 2021
Graduation ceremony held Tuesday in New Orleans
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Updated: 6:37 PM CDT Jun 22, 2021
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RAIN CHANCES THAT IS IN A MOMENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >>OW N A STORY ONLY ON 6:00, THIS MORNING, 32 MEN AND WOMEN RECEIVED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AFTER OVERCOMING SOME INCREDIBLE ODDS, INCLUDING A GLOBAL PANDEC.MI >> AND AS WDSU'S MORGAN LENTES EXPLAINS FOR ONE OF THOSE GRADUATES, THIS ACHIEVEMENT WAS DECADES IN THE MING.AK >> EVERY PERSON SEATED INSIDE HOTEL PETER AND PAUL TUESDAY HAS A STORY TO TELL. THAT'S ESPIAECLLY TRUE FOR ANGEL GANES. >> IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF MY DAD, MY MO >> DESPITE ALL THAT, THE 43-YEAR-OLD IS FINALLY GETTING HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLA.OM >> THAT I MADE TO HIM. REPORTER: SHE'S TALKING ABOUT HER FATHER, WHO DIED OF CANCER IN 2019. >> I WAS HIS NURSE. I WAS HIS SOCIAL WORKER. HIS COUNSELOR AND EVERYTHING AND JUST HIM BEING THE WAY HE WAS, THAT COMPELLED ME TO GIVE BACK. REPORTER: SO SHE TOOK AOB J WITH OCHSNER CARING FOR PATIENTS DURING THE PANDEC.MI SHE ALSO HELPED HER KIDS WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING WHILE STUDYING HERSELF. LUCKILY, THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT HAD HER BACK. >> WHERE I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER GET BECAUSE I HAD SO NYMA OBSTACLES STANDING IN MY W.AY >> IS ONE OF THE BETTER THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME MYIN LIFE, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITH CIDOV REPORTER: WHICH IS WHY THIS IN-PERSON GRADUATION CEREMONY WAS SO SPECIAL. EVERY PERSON WHO WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE REPRESENTED A PROMISE KEPT. >> KIND OF PRAY AND TALK TO HIS PICTURES TO HELP ME, YOU KW,NO GET THROUGH THIS MOMENT BECAUSE HE WAS ULTIMATELY MY P