Ernest Greene
Asheboro, NC
Collin Smith grew up in Asheboro, North Carolina.
When he was a sophomore in high school, he was in a car accident that left him quadriplegic.
Ernest Greene, who was 72 at the time of this interview, attended the same church as Collin’s family, and though he’d never met Collin, he decided he wanted to help.
He offered to do whatever Collin needed, from taking him to school to helping him shave. And when Collin began college, Ernest went too. Now in his 20’s, Collin and Ernest came to StoryCorps to remember that time.
Listen to the 20-something and the 70-something talk about how the benefits have gone both ways in this unusual intergenerational relationship.