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21-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Lands Job at UPS After Graduating From Clemson University
A young man with Down syndrome who has been defying the odds his entire life has made headlines by landing a job with UPS.
The 21-year-old Jake Pratt from Vestavia Hills, Alabama, was just hired as a package runner for the delivery giant. Even more surprising, Jake works at a golf course every morning from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. before his UPS shift.
His sister, Amy, wrote a lovely thank you note on Twitter to UPS on Dec. 1, which garnered a lot of attention.
“Thank you @UPS for giving my brother a chance and promoting inclusion in the workforce. Jake has Down syndrome but that doesn’t stop him,” she wrote. “I’m so proud of him!”
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to a special split edition of today, 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on a wednesday. i m matt lawer in new york. meredith has made her way to london s trafalgar square this morning. good morning to you. reporter: hey, matt. pleasure to see you. you can see behind me big ben and westminster abbey where the couple will be married. this morning at about 5:00 a.m. 5,000 members of the military did a full dress rehearsal along with a marching band, although the marching band did not perform. also the carriage that may take the royal couple back from the abbey to the palace once they are married on friday. we re going to have a lot of details on the wedding to come. also we ll take a look at that picture of william and catherine driving themselves back to lond london. what s up with that? thank you very much. we ll get back to you in a moment. breaking news out of the white house as president ob
full walk-through to prepare for the event today, wednesday, april 27, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to a special split edition of today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer in new york. as you heard, meredith made her way to london s trafalgar square. good morning. hey, matt. good morning to you. the square will be filled with thousands of people on friday. you can see behind me big ben and westminster abbey where the couple will be married. 5,000 members of the military did a full dress rehearsal this morning along with the rolls royce kate will take to the abbey and the carriage the royal couple will take back once they are married if it doesn t rain. that was the open carriage. the marching bands were there but didn t play music. in half an hour the royal air force will practice the flyover it will do after the kiss. it will fly over buckingham palace. that rehearsal will take place at an air force base about an hour fro