aa key role. he helped save those boys, he says. they put up his soccer trophies and image as a kind of shrine, praying he would return. when he is at school, he s a good kid, he says, such a happy kid. but arden didn t come from a happy place. he was born in myanmar s border regions. infamous for militant insurgencies and drug trafficking rings. the border to myanmar is right over there, right in the center of town, and like many people here, arden had to flee as a child to seek refuge in thailand. reporter: his parents brought arden to a church mission when he wasn t much older than these migrant children. in a country where migrants are sometimes shunned, arden thrived. with a near perfect gpa, his thai teachers call him a champion. his thai best friend says he can t wait to play football again with arden and give him a