Every year, New York City holds a celebration of its street vendors, and this year’s Vendy Awards will include a new honor – a hero category. We asked you, our listeners, to tell us some of the professions that don’t get due credit, but where you might find your heroes.
Kiki from Savannah, Georgia had this to say:
Waste management and janitorial workers are my heroes because we never seem to think about them until they’re on strike and those services are no longer available.
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