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After overcoming unthinkable hardship, Eritrean athlete never gives up

Name: After overcoming unthinkable hardship, Eritrean athlete never gives up
Uploaded: 2018-06-30T23:02:33.000Z
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: Awet Beraki was kidnapped from his native Eritrea as a child, held captive for nearly a year, starved and tortured. Now living in the U.S., he’s become a talented distance runner with a full-ride scholarship to college.

Awet Beraki was kidnapped from his native Eritrea as a child, held captive for nearly a year, starved and tortured. Now living in the U.S., he’s become a talented distance runner with a full-ride scholarship to college.