Tucson's "Friendliest Corner"
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Mamta Popat
Photojournalist
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School crossing guards, Vernon Williams and Sevrina Leeth, want to make E. Pima Street and N. Country Club Road the "friendliest corner" in Tucson. Williams, a veteran, says he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, and waving to drivers and giving air hugs helps with his recovery. Williams and Leeth work outside of Blenman Elementary School. Video by: Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
Mamta Popat
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His doctors told him to let the sunshine in, so school crossing guard Vernon Williams is trying to make his midtown corner the friendliest in Tucson.
Doctors told veteranย Vernon Williams, a school crossing guard at Blenman Elementary School,ย to let the sunshine in. He and colleague Sevrina Leethย are trying to make their midtown corner the friendliest in Tucson.
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