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2018 CNN Heroes

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    Laura Klairmont/CNN
    DR. RICARDO PUN-CHONG: 2018 CNN HERO OF THE YEAR
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    Video ‘Because people believe in us’: Watch Ricardo’s big moment 3:04
  • speaks onstage during the 12th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute  at American Museum of Natural History on December 9, 2018 in New York City.
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    Gallery Inside 2018’s ‘CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute’
  • NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 09:  (L-R) 2018 Top 10 CNN Heroes Chris Stout, Florence Phillips, Amanda Boxtel, Luke Mickelson, Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Maria Rose Belding, Dr. Ricardo Pun-Chong, Susan Munsey, and Ellen Stackable attend the 12th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at American Museum of Natural History on December 9, 2018 in New York City.  (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for CNN )
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    Gallery Stars shine on the red carpet
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    Video Uzo Aduba introduces Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin 4:58
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    Video Cynthia Erivo introduces Susan Munsey 4:45
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    Video Will Ferrell introduces Maria Rose Belding 5:01
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    Video Emily Mortimer introduces Florence Phillips 5:34
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    Video Shay Mitchell introduces Amanda Boxtel 5:39
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    Video Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen introduce Dr. Ricardo Pun-Chong 5:09
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    Video Omari Hardwick introduces Dr. Rob Gore 4:53
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    Video Lauren Bush Lauren introduces Chris Stout 4:55
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    Video Bryan Cranston introduces Luke Mickelson 5:05
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    • Video 5:03
    Video Danai Gurira introduces Ellen Stackable 5:03

Young Wonders

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    Five young people creating a better world
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    Elsie Fisher introduces Young Wonders Melati and Isabel Wijsen 3:28
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    Rohan Chand introduces Young Wonder Max Bobholz 3:11
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    Darby Camp introduces Young Wonder Sonika Menon 3:00
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    • Video 3:27
    John C. Reilly introduces Young Wonder Liam Hannon 3:27
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    • Video 8:29
    Young Wonders: Where are they now? 8:29

Top 10 CNN Heroes

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    And the Top 10 are…
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    We called to tell them the news. This happened next 1:10
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    • Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin
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    Disadvantaged girls change their communities by learning to code
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    • Maria Rose Belding
    Kathleen Toner/CNN
    She makes sure unwanted food gets to hungry Americans
  • cnnheroes amanda boxtel exoskeleton
    • Amanda Boxtel
    Meghan Dunn/CNN
    Bionic woman helps others thrive after paralysis
  • cnnheroes gore portrait hospital
    • Dr. Rob Gore
    Kathleen Toner/CNN
    Doctor works to save youth from violence before they reach his ER
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    • Luke Mickelson
    Allie Torgan/CNN
    He quit his high-paying job to build beds for kids who sleep on the floor
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    • Susan Munsey
    Allie Torgan/CNN
    Sex trafficking derailed their lives, but a survivor puts women back on track
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    • Florence Phillips
    At 87, her mission to help immigrants hasn’t slowed down
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    • Dr. Ricardo Pun-Chong
    Laura Klairmont/CNN
    Needy families slept on hospital floors until one doctor started a shelter
  • <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F08%2F16%2Fus%2Fcnnheroes-ellen-stackable-poetic-justice%2Findex.html" target="_blank">Ellen Stackable</a>, co-founder of the nonprofit Poetic Justice, teaches female prisoners in Oklahoma self-expression through creative writing. Stackable is pictured here outside of the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud, Oklahoma.     
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    Locked up and learning to write, women prisoners find a safe space
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    • Chris Stout
    Kathleen Toner/CNN
    Building tiny houses for homeless veterans

More 2018 CNN Heroes

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    • Jon Albert
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    Jon Albert Parents with late-stage cancer share one last family adventure
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    • Chad Houser
    Allie Torgan/CNN
    Chad Houser Out of juvenile detention, they’re serving meals instead of time
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    • Rob Scheer
    Laura Klairmont/CNN
    Rob Scheer How a nightmare childhood inspired his one-of-a-kind gifts
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    • Betty Chinn
    Allie Torgan/CNN
    Betty Chinn A horrific childhood in China inspires a crusade against homelessness
  • CNN Hero Elissa Montanti
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    Meghan Dunn/CNN
    Elissa Montanti Kids come to America to heal and end up making lifetime connections
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    Matt Zeller These war heroes face another kind of danger
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    • Neal Bermas
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    Neal Bermas From tourist to altruist, how a New Yorker embraced Vietnam
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    • Carol Rosenstein
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    Carol Rosenstein ‘The 5th Dementia’ uses music as medicine
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    • Brisa De Angulo
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    Brisa De Angulo At 17, this sexual abuse survivor set out to fix a broken system
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    • Paul Steklenski
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    Paul Steklenski Dog lover flies ‘paw-sengers’ to safety

2018 Young Wonders

  • CNN Heroes Melati & Isabel Wijsen
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    CNN Young Wonders: Melati and Isabel Wijsen 7:46
  • CNN hero Max Bobholz
    • Video 8:08
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    CNN Young Wonder: Max Bobholz 8:08
  • CNN hero Sonika Menon
    • Video 8:07
    Meghan Dunn/CNN
    CNN Young Wonder: Sonika Menon 8:07
  • Cnn hero Liam Hannon
    • Video 7:04
    Bryan Kane/CNN
    CNN Young Wonder: Liam Hannon 7:04
  • CNN hero Max Bobholz
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    The next generation of problem solvers

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