THEY CALL HIM MR. PORTER MAN OVERCOMES HIS DEMONS TO HELP OUT THE HOMELESS.
Just days out of prison back in 1996, Robert Porter Robert Porter is the name of: - Robert Porter (Ontario politician) (1833-1901), a member of Canadian Parliament from Ontario
- Robert Harold Porter (b. 1933), a member of Canadian Parliament from Alberta
- Robert Porter (neurologist), an Australian neurologist
relapsed into
using cocaine and heroin when fate shouted out from across the street.
Like a calling, Porter was sitting at a Sunland Boulevard bus stop,
no place to go and too ashamed to face his family, when the voice came
from a rehab center -- ``Hey, can I talk to you for a
minute?''
It was the voice of Kevin Williams Kevin Williams may refer to: - Kevin Williams (basketball)
- Kevin Williams (wide receiver)
- Kevin Williams (defensive back)
- Kevin Williams (football player)
- Kevin Williams (porn star)
- Kevin Williams (developer)
- Kevin Williams (comedian)
, himself a recovering addict Any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so drawn to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his or her drug use. ,
who reached out that December day to help Porter turn his life around in
the grueling rehab program known as People In Progress.
For Porter, it was a blessing, a godsend god·send
n.
Something wanted or needed that comes or happens unexpectedly.
[Alteration of Middle English goddes sand, God's message : goddes, genitive of God, God .
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(color) Robert Porter spent 18 years in and out of jail before
turning his life around. Today, he's devoted to his job, helping
ex-cons and others stay off the streets and out of trouble.
Jason Kandel/Valley News
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