2007 Hero of the Year

"The Witness" is our 2007 Hero of the Year.

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Hero of the Year
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Moezeldin Elmostafa's testimony was vital in proving the innocence of 3 men charged with sexual assault.
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By a wide margin, readers chose Moezeldin Elmostafa of Durham, North Carolina, as the Reader's Digest 2007 Hero of the Year.

As we reported in November, the cabdriver picked up two young men in Durham on March 14, 2006, and drove them to the Duke University campus. A month later, Elmostafa was asked to testify on behalf of one of the men, who had been charged, with two other Duke lacrosse players, with sexually assaulting an exotic dancer. Despite intense pressure from the prosecution, Elmostafa agreed to appear as a witness and helped exonerate the trio. Having recently passed his U.S. citizenship test, the Sudanese immigrant says he did only what all citizens should do -- tell the truth.

From Reader's Digest - April 2008
 
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