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Guor Maker has lived an extraordinary life. After enduring countless hardships, which includes escaping slavery twice, Maker went on to earn a college education, competed in the Olympics twice, and has now joined the United States Air Force to give back.
A refugee from South Sudan, Maker was captured and enslaved twice during his early childhood years.
“When I was captured, I was forced to be a slave laborer,” said Maker. “I would wash dishes or do anything else needed to get by. I slept in a small cell and rarely got to eat…but not always.”
Maker successfully escaped from enslavement both times. He eventually made it to the United States.
“I was very excited to come to the U.S.,” said Maker. “Looking back at everything my family and I endured, it is a miracle that we made it out of there.”
Once in the U.S., Maker promised himself that he would give his future children a better childhood than he had. “And…
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