After the planes hit on 9/11, he walked from his home in Harlem, against the tide of people fleeing, to help. After Hurricane Katrina, he lent a hand in New Orleans.
Source: New York Times
Charles Cook, Ground Zero Volunteer for Months, Dies at 79
Published in Cook, Charles, Deaths (Obituaries), September 11 (2001), Volunteers and Community Service and World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY)
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