Ruth Henricks has served thousands of customers at her small diner, but she will never forget one man who walked into The Huddle 30 years ago and inspired her to try to help others
San Diego Ruth Henricks has served thousands of customers at her small diner, but she will never forget one man who walked into The Huddle 30 years ago.
" was very thin, looked kind of sick, and he told me he was living with AIDS," she recalled. The United States was in the midst of an AIDS epidemic in 1989, when the reported number of cases reached 100,000, including nearly 60,000 deaths, according to the CDC. Scott became a regular at Henricks' diner, and she would ask him about his health. Some days, he was too weak to feed himself. He told Henricks the only time he ate was at her diner.'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.
CNN Heroes: Special Delivery 03:22"I just remembered him telling me, 'Ms. Ruth, if I'm not here, I'm not eating,'" she said. Read MoreThen, after about a year and a half, Scott stopped showing up."If I would have had the foresight, I could have asked him for his address or phone number. I could have taken him food. I knew what he liked to eat."Henricks tried to find him, to no avail. She was heartbroken, but she realized she could help others like Scott.
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