Houdini's Legacy

The foundation’s motto, “Dream Big, Work Hard” can be found on wristbands and T-shirts for sale. The foundation was started in 2010, and Watt has raised up over $1 million. J.J. won the Texans Spirit of the Bull Community Award, in August of 2014. (Watt Foundation). Then in November in 2014, J.J. won the NFL’s Salute to Service Award that honors either a players, coaches, or owners for what they have done in supporting the country’s service men and women. Through his career, J.J. has came across many battles with health with having many injuries that could have made him quit at anytime, such as a broken hand, a staph infection, two torn abs, three torn adductor muscles, one herniated disc. This didn’t stop J.J. he continued to push and not retire. In High School J.J. took on a scholarship to Central Michigan to play tight end, but after a season that wasn’t to hot, he walked on to Wisconsin to play defensive end. This year J.J. raised 30 million dollars for the Hurricane Harvey relief. He passed his goal he had set of $200,000. J.J. Watt is an inspiration to many, his accomplishments on and off the field make him an outstanding role model and someone I

Support is his top priority. Larry’s own First Down Fund raises money for families in need. He gives back the support he would have needed only a year earlier. Carol Fitzgerald’s story will be remembered in football history. The First Down Fund continues to treat people like Carol, who may never know what her son would create. (Sources 2 and 3)

Russell Wilson became the team captain for the Seattle children’s hospital that started a hundred million research program called “ strong against cancer”. Russell Wilson signed up because he believes that these doctors have a chance to make cancer no more than a common virus. Russell Wilson stated this "Annually, pediatric cancers receive less than 3 percent of the National Cancer Institute budget. The scientists working on immunotherapy have the treatment and the results to get us to a place where childhood cancer is no worse than a common virus. All that's needed now are the resources to bring it to every kid who needs it." He impacted so much in society because Russell Wilson is helping and contributing to make some type of cure for cancer, and Russell Wilson loves to be with the kids and giving them a huge smile. Russell Wilson started visiting the children’s hospital because he has his own life experiences he lost his father who had diabetes, and his mom was an ER nurse majority of his

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating disaster that has affected many people in New Orleans. The communication broke down hours after Katrina because of the unexpected fast winds and floods that broke down “3 million phone lines and 1,000 cellular towers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.”( Joch ). Because of the millions of phone lines that were broken down, contacting the government for help was difficult hours after hurricane Katrina. Not only that, the people of New Orleans underestimated the power of Hurricane Katrina causing many to be “ stranded with no food or water” (Narrator, “The Storm”,PBS).

Stevie is involved in nine charities and thirteen causes. Of the nine charities: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Elevate Hope Foundation, Grammy Foundation, Music Rising, ONE campaign, Red Cross, Soles4Souls, Special Olympics, United Services Organization. Then, of the thirteen causes: Abuse,

Since rejoining, the NFL Drew Brees as started foundations for underprivileged children. Funded many organization, brought partnerships in businesses, and is actively involved in the local community. Drew Brees, is not only destined to change his past, but to ensure that others have the same opportunity that he.

Besides Tim Tebow’s awards, he has created the Tim Tebow Foundation, Incorporated. This foundation is a charity that you can donate money to and help children in need. It helps spread the word of God, gives love, faith, and hope to children in their darkest hour of need. People have donated money from all over the world to help this cause, for example the Philippines. Mr. Tebow spent a lot of time in the Philippines when he was younger. Today he takes mission trips with friends and family to help spread the word of God, and give comfort to those who are having hard times over there as well.

In a time of crisis, the government response to the situation at hand was poor and inefficient. There were numerous flaws and errors in the relief plan proposed to the government which in turn led to delayed relief to victims in need. The immediate response phase after Katrina lasted roughly 12 days. During this time, “victims were evacuated, rescued, sheltered, and received medical care from first responders, charities and other non-governmental organizations, and private citizens”(McNeill, 2011). The fact that the U.S. government organizations were not the first responders to the disaster is shameful for our country.

Lamar shows us in his music that no matter who you grew up around, or what they believe, you can be whoever you want to be. We can always change the script. Kendrick Lamar could use his popularity to rap about anything unimportant, but he chooses tell his story though well written verses. Donating to Charity Kendrick Lamar uses his money and popularity to help charities and the less fortunate. Kendrick Lamar has worked with a number of different charities since becoming a celebrity.

Now Houdini, you may have escaped from straitjackets, coffins, police handcuffs and jails but I started playing baseball with discarded cardboard for gloves, tree limbs and broomsticks for bats and balled up fishing nets wrapped in electrical tape for balls and still got signed to the Yankees at 20 years old and did not even speak english. Then, I finished my career making $15,000,000 a year.

Some things are no help to the community, like hurricanes. The disaster happened in South Florida which was turned into a wasteland. It started of the west coast of Africa and hit Florida 20 years ago. 1,187,000 people had to flee from the category 4- category 5 hurricane, with waves up to 4-6 feet in height.

This is saying Harry Houdini did not give up on what he loves best, which is magic and being a magician. For example, in the evidence it says that Harry Houdini lived in the same place without moving somewhere else and this shows that he was so focused on his magic, he never move out of his home to a better one.

Houdini became famous by performing magic tricks and escaping handcuffs, shackles, prisons, etc. Everyone wanted to be like him so much that they started to copy his tricks and even his name. So, to stay famous and to stand out from all the other escape artists he made his tricks even larger and even more dangerous. An example of one of his dangerous escapes is when he was locked in a large milk can shaped container filled with water while handcuffed. After three minutes he emerged from the milk can alive.

Houdini was a famous escape artist ,because he was jumping very dangerous things that look impossible. Another reason i think he is a better escape artist then a magician because he would do things like holding his breath then over 3 minutes to a card game. And he does amazing escape artist like the handcuffs where it can very hard and look impossible. Also he is very known for his escape artist tricks then a magician. Also because he knows more difficult things than magic.

Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coats of the US in 2005 which caused wide spread devastation. It is estimated that nearly two thousand individuals lost their lives (Rhodes, Chan, Paxson, Rouse, Waters, and Fusell, 2010). The storm displaced more than 1.5 million residents and caused $108 billion in property damage, which is the costliest on record in the US (Blake, Landsea, Christopher, Gibney, 2011). Katrina had hit the regions of New Orleans, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and other states surrounding the Gulf Coast. Natural disasters such as hurricanes do not occur in political, historical, and social vacuum. Most often, they unearth ineffectiveness and inequalities of political process, norm, and institutions. They wash away from the surface of society the settled way that things are done and also expose the power structures and bureaucratic inefficiencies that exacerbate the problems (Brooks, 2005).The evident failures of the government in the emergency preparedness and response had heightened awareness and prompted investigation.The aftermath of the storm had made clear that the US is facing fundamental inadequacies and disparities at the local, state, and federal levels. It simply reminded us that there are gross functional inefficiencies in the American political framework.