sandwich. he tore off a corner of it, a piece of bread. he ate it, and he gave the rest to his dog. they ve taught me a lot too. i ll close by saying this. an act of kindness can change your day. change someone s day. an act or gesture of kindness can change somebody s life. thank you. [ applause ] what a night. we want to thank everybody for joining us. thank you, laura. oh, my goodness. thank you for holding my hand. that was beautiful. can you imagine the level of generosity to say give back immediately? this tells you why we do this. thank you so much. you can support all of our honorees right now by going to cnnheroes.com and click donate. each donate will be met dollar for dollar. if you know someone as amazing as tonight s honorees, you can nominate them to be a cnn hero in 2024 because officially, anderson, nominations are now open. we hope that some of these stories have inspired you to get involved and do your part because you, too, can be somebody s hero. t
evening. i m jim acosta. have a good night. meantime, celebrities helping make the world a better place coming up next. have a good night. tonony y hawk provividing underresourced showing safe places to skate and connect. the best thing i could do is provide more state parks. soccer superstar alex morgan bringing opportunities to girls on and off the fieield. i i m so happppy to be hehere . this is cnn heroes: sharing the spotlight. i m anderson cooper. for 17 years we ve recognized hundreds of impressive individuals as cnn heroes. these passionate men and women work tirelessly, often without a lot of money or attention, to solve problems that they see in their communities. tomorrow night we re going to be honoring the top ten cnn heroes of 2023 and naming a new cnn hero of the year on cnn heroes: an all-star tribute from the museum of natural history in new york. tonight we re doing something different. for the next hour, we re going to share the stories of s