Begging for Grace

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Produced and Directed by Greg Scott, Sawbuck Productions, Inc.

Copyright 2007, Greg Scott, Sawbuck Productions and DePaul University

BFG takes us to the gritty streets of Chicago's west side, where we spend time on Freeway's Corner. DJ (a.k.a. "Freeway") is a homeless, heroin-addicted panhandler who used to be a radio program personality. Every day DJ digs his heels deeper into the street life, where he bides his time waiting for redemption, salvation, some kind of renewal after years of grieving the loss of his infant daughter and wife who died only 20 hours apart.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• drugs
• heroin
• homeless
• streets
• chicago
• begging
• panhandler
• panhandling
• addiction
• drug
• abuse

[billyklez]

Yeah, he's a good man, a dear friend. He literally gave me the coat off his back in the middle of winter. --Greg Scott

[endsinurple]

He seems like such a good person with such a big heart. Poor guy. You can kinda tell he doesn't belong on the street.

[IthinkSOtwo]

i just saw him today man this guy is awesome

[preciouzpistol]

I know Freeway all too well, God bless him, I havent seen him in a few weeks cuz I havent been off of Central but I heard his wife was badly hurt in an accident, god bless em both-love jess

[wilkhe]

Thanks for the honest look into this guys life.

[wilkhe]

In a lot of ways that makes sense, yet I find that people who get involved in helping away from "home" seem to get more involved in helping around "home". I'm curious to know how many people who say we should focus on helping in america instead of outside of america really are involved in helping in America...and how many are just talking?

[RaySzulc]

I think it would make more sense to overcome homelessness and drug abuse at home first, instead of having money spent abroad concerning issues that never seem to end.