Lou_NP0 Harris_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 Retired_AJ0 Doorman_NN1 ,_PUN Saves_VVZ Lives_NN2 by_PRP Teaching_VVG Kids_NN2 to_PRP Surf_NN1 
In_PRP 2014_CRD ,_PUN Marcell_NP0 Dockery_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 16-year-old_AJ0 boy_NN1 from_PRP Coney_NP0 Island_NP0 ,_PUN Brooklyn_NP0 ,_PUN started_VVD a_AT0 mattress_NN1 fire_NN1 because_CJS he_PNP was_VBD bored_AJ0 ._SENT The_AT0 fire_NN1 spread_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC one_PNI of_PRF the_AT0 NYPD_NN1 officers_NN2 responding_VVG to_PRP the_AT0 incident_NN1 died_VVD ._SENT Boredom_NN1 killed_VVD a_AT0 police_NN2 officer_NN1 ._SENT That_DT0 fact_NN1 struck_VVD Lou_NP0 Harris_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ was_VBD working_VVG as_PRP a_AT0 doorman_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 Upper_AJ0 East_NN1 Side_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ That_DT0 boy_NN1 had_VHD nothing_PNI to_TO0 do_VDI ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP says_VVZ ._SENT 
Growing_VVG up_AVP in_PRP one_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 few_DT0 affluent_AJ0 Black_AJ0 families_NN2 in_PRP a_AT0 Long_AJ0 Island_NN1 neighborhood_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 late_AJ0 '_POS 70s_CRD ,_PUN Harris_NP0 was_VBD used_VVN to_PRP constant_AJ0 enrichment_NN1 –_PUN summer_NN1 camps_NN2 ,_PUN karate_NN1 classes_NN2 ,_PUN BMX_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC beyond_AV0 ._SENT In_PRP Rockaway_NP0 Beach_NP0 ,_PUN Queens_NP0 ,_PUN where_AVQ he_PNP moved_VVD in_PRP the_AT0 mid-2000s_NN2 ,_PUN those_DT0 activities_NN2 were_VBD inaccessible_AJ0 for_PRP the_AT0 mostly_AV0 low-income_AJ0 families_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 area_NN1 ,_PUN many_DT0 of_PRF whom_PNQ were_VBD Black_AJ0 ._SENT 
A_AT0 few_DT0 weeks_NN2 before_PRP the_AT0 Dockery_NN1 fire_NN1 ,_PUN Harris_NP0 received_VVD a_AT0 surfing_AJ0 magazine_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 mail_NN1 by_PRP mistake_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP opened_VVD it_PNP and_CJC read_VVD about_PRP Tony_NP0 Corley_NP0 of_PRF the_AT0 Black_AJ0 Surfing_NP0 Association_NN1 ,_PUN an_AT0 organization_NN1 created_VVD to_TO0 build_VVI solidarity_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 Black_AJ0 surfing_AJ0 community_NN1 in_PRP 1970s_CRD California_NP0 ._SENT (_PUL "_PUQ I_PNP was_VBD like_PRP ,_PUN '_PUQ Wow_ITJ ,_PUN Black_AJ0 people_NN0 surf_NN1 ?_SENT This_DT0 is_VBZ insane_AJ0 ,_PUN '_PUQ "_PUQ he_PNP says_VVZ ._SENT )_PUR Harris_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 former_DT0 skateboarder_NN1 who_PNQ still_AV0 rolled_VVD around_PRP town_NN1 ,_PUN says_VVZ he_PNP then_AV0 realized_VVD his_DPS destiny_NN1 ._SENT For_PRP minimal_AJ0 cost_NN1 –_PUN the_AT0 price_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 board_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 wetsuit_NN1 –_PUN the_AT0 ocean_NN1 could_VM0 be_VBI an_AT0 accessible_AJ0 escape_NN1 for_PRP kids_NN2 ._SENT When_CJS you_PNP 're_VBB in_PRP the_AT0 water_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ impossible_AJ0 to_TO0 worry_VVI about_PRP all_DT0 your_DPS problems_NN2 ,_PUN Harris_NP0 says_VVZ ._SENT "_PUQ You_PNP 're_VBB thinking_VVG about_PRP catching_VVG waves_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ So_AV0 he_PNP reached_VVD out_AVP to_PRP Corley_NP0 and_CJC asked_VVD to_TO0 set_VVI up_AVP a_AT0 chapter_NN1 ._SENT 
As_CJS soon_AV0 as_CJS Harris_NP0 founded_VVD the_AT0 East_NN1 Coast_NN1 chapter_NN1 in_PRP 2016_CRD ,_PUN he_PNP faced_VVD racial_AJ0 backlash_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ '_PUQ Why_AVQ 's_VBZ it_PNP gotta_NN1 be_VBI Black_AJ0 ?_SENT '_PUQ I_PNP 've_VHB heard_VVN it_PNP all_DT0 ..._PUN "_PUQ he_PNP says_VVZ ._SENT But_CJC he_PNP pushed_VVD through_AVP ,_PUN aided_VVN by_PRP DM_NN0 support_NN1 and_CJC donations_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 group_NN1 evolved_VVN ._SENT While_CJS the_AT0 name_NN1 may_VM0 include_VVI the_AT0 word_NN1 Black_NP0 ,_PUN Harris_NP0 invited_VVD kids_NN2 of_PRF all_DT0 colors_NN2 from_PRP the_AT0 neighborhood_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC what_DTQ started_VVD as_PRP a_AT0 few_DT0 surfing_AJ0 meetups_NN2 grew_VVD into_PRP an_AT0 organization_NN1 that_CJT now_AV0 supplies_VVZ disadvantaged_AJ0 Rockaway_NN1 youth_NN1 with_PRP free_AJ0 wetsuits_NN2 ,_PUN surfboards_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC lessons_NN2 ._SENT Beyond_PRP gear_NN1 and_CJC skills_NN2 ,_PUN Harris_NP0 says_VVZ ,_PUN the_AT0 members_NN2 gain_VVB something_PNI that_CJT blows_VVZ their_DPS minds_NN2 :_PUN pure_AJ0 joy_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ A_AT0 lot_NN1 of_PRF these_DT0 kids_NN2 do_VDB n't_XX0 come_VVI from_PRP the_AT0 best_AJS homes_NN2 ._SENT For_PRP them_PNP ,_PUN surfing_VVG is_VBZ a_AT0 lot_NN1 of_PRF fun_NN1 ._SENT After_PRP [_PUL trying_VVG ]_PUR surfing_VVG ,_PUN they_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 want_VVI to_TO0 leave_VVI ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP says_VVZ ._SENT 
Hundreds_CRD of_PRF kids_NN2 have_VHB passed_VVN through_PRP the_AT0 ranks_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC in_PRP the_AT0 summer_NN1 of_PRF 2020_CRD ,_PUN the_AT0 group_NN1 organized_VVD a_AT0 paddle-out_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 take_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 Hawaiian_AJ0 memorial_NN1 surfing_VVG tradition_NN1 ,_PUN for_PRP Black_AJ0 Lives_NN2 Matter_NN1 and_CJC racial_AJ0 justice_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 event_NN1 attracted_VVD more_AV0 than_CJS 400_CRD surfers_NN2 calling_VVG for_PRP an_AT0 end_NN1 to_PRP police_NN2 violence_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC 49-year-old_AJ0 Harris_NP0 ,_PUN now_AV0 retired_VVN with_PRP knee_NN1 problems_NN2 ,_PUN is_VBZ still_AV0 out_AVP there_AV0 week_NN1 after_PRP week_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP recalls_VVZ a_AT0 parent_NN1 lamenting_VVG that_CJT she_PNP could_VM0 n't_XX0 get_VVI her_DPS son_NN1 out_AVP of_PRF the_AT0 house_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC "_PUQ now_AV0 he_PNP 's_VBZ waking_VVG me_PNP up_AVP to_TO0 come_VVI surf_NN1 with_PRP you_PNP ,_PUN "_PUQ Harris_NP0 relays_VVZ ._SENT 
He_PNP credits_VVZ the_AT0 success_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Black_AJ0 Surfing_NP0 Association_NN1 East_NN1 Coast_NN1 to_PRP his_DPS father_NN1 ,_PUN who_PNQ set_VVD an_AT0 example_NN1 of_PRF perseverance_NN1 and_CJC hard_AJ0 work_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ He_PNP said_VVD ,_PUN '_PUQ Louie_NP0 ,_PUN if_CJS you_PNP want_VVB people_NN0 to_TO0 listen_VVI to_PRP you_PNP ,_PUN you_PNP 've_VHB got_VVN to_TO0 shove_VVI it_PNP down_AVP their_DPS throats_NN2 ,_PUN '_PUQ "_PUQ Harris_NP0 says_VVZ ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP 's_VBZ a_AT0 lot_NN1 of_PRF hustle_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 lot_NN1 of_PRF work_NN1 ._SENT You_PNP ca_VM0 n't_XX0 sit_VVI on_PRP something_PNI that_CJT you_PNP believe_VVB in_AVP and_CJC not_XX0 go_VVB crazy_AJ0 with_PRP it_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ 
