Imagine you’re simply going about your job one day when all of a sudden, something happens that makes you take notice. What do you do? Do you mind your own business? Do you get someone to deal with it? Or do you take it upon yourself to act?
For Jordan Cooper, 21, a part-time server at Olive Garden in Paducah, Kentucky, on the border with Illinois, the choice was clear. Cooper came in for a Sunday evening shift, and her courage and decency changed the fate of two children.