Honoring a Man and Humanity on Mandela Day
Written by CBS News' Sarah Carter in Johannesburg
I drive past her everyday as I drop my children at school. She stands there cold with her very young baby held on her back with a blanket.
I usually give her whatever coins I have in my change dispenser. But generally we are late, in a hurry, and rush right past her, stopping just long enough to pass her the coins.
Today was different. In the spirit of the first-ever Mandela Day, I stopped.
I drive past her everyday as I drop my children at school. She stands there cold with her very young baby held on her back with a blanket.
I usually give her whatever coins I have in my change dispenser. But generally we are late, in a hurry, and rush right past her, stopping just long enough to pass her the coins.
Today was different. In the spirit of the first-ever Mandela Day, I stopped.
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