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Jackie's Story: From Super Bowl to Homeless. A Photojournalist's Divine Appointment
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A chance assignment to photograph a homeless camp became a 35-year redemption story when photojournalist Ted Jackson stumbled upon Jackie Wallace sleeping under a New Orleans bridge. What seemed like an ordinary July day in 1990 transformed into an extraordinary journey when the homeless man uttered six words that would change both their lives forever: "You ought to do a story about me."
Behind those words lay an astonishing truth—this disheveled man had played in three Super Bowls, setting NFL records during his career with the Vikings, Colts, and Rams. Ted's subsequent…
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