Marco Antonio Barrera: A Boxing Legend Early Life and Boxing Beginnings The roar of the crowd. The flashing lights. The intoxicating smell of sweat and liniment. These are the familiar hallmarks of the boxing world, a world of grit, glory, and the constant pursuit of excellence. For many, this world is inherited, passed down from…
A Devastating Day: The Boxing Day Tsunami The tranquil cerulean waters, normally a source of life and sustenance for coastal communities across Asia, transformed into a monstrous, churning force of destruction on December twenty-sixth, two thousand and four. That day, a cataclysmic undersea earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, unleashed a series of devastating…
Remembering the Victims and Honoring the Survivors The images remain searing in our collective memory: towering waves crashing onto shorelines, sweeping away everything in their path; scenes of unimaginable devastation; and the anguished faces of survivors searching for loved ones amidst the debris. Twenty years ago, on the day after Christmas, the Indian Ocean was…
