But in more recent years, the gifted, and insightful journalists became the target of the state. Firings from high-profile TV stations. Charges of abuse. It was years since we really communicated. One lives with the tacit assumption that tomorrow will always be.
Tomorrow is promised to none.
Do what is necessary this very day. Brahin was, in many ways, a mentor, an example, and, yes-a professional role model. He showed what was possible. We all laughed, but in the glint of his eye was a knowing hurt, melded to an iron will. Within 5 years of that conversation, Brahin Ahmaddiya was doing news and feature reporting for a local Philadelphia TV station.