My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
Ed BradleyAnd I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.
Ed BradleyAs a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from my neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Ed BradleyThat's when I hit the ground. So in the instant that that round landed and blew me in the air, I had those separate and distinct thoughts. The guy who was standing right next to where I had been standing had a hole in his back I could put my fist into.
Ed Bradley