Luis woke up, sweating from the nightmare about his younger brother. He remembered how close they had been and how guilty he still felt that he had survived the drive-by shooting. From that day forward, Luis hadn’t owned a gun and never would.
His family grew up on some poor streets, and one day, when Luis and his brother Juan were waiting at the bus stop, there was a drive-by. Apparently, the person sitting next to them, waiting to catch the bus, had been caught up in drugs and was affiliated with a rival gang. When the shot rang out, the intended target walked away without a scratch while Luis’s brother paid the price with his life at the age of eight.
Luis’s anger drove him through the next several years—the resentment and wanting payback. He found his release in boxing and ended up g
