Jim Moran
1908–1999Jim Moran took a train to New Orleans after receiving $100 from a driver who hit him.
Particulars
Jim Moran was born in Woodstock, Virginia, in 1907, the son of a chimney maker.
When he was 12, a car hit him while he rode a bicycle; the driver gave him $100, and Moran used the money to take a train to New Orleans, returning home two weeks later.
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