Larkin Wilson (Soccer, University of South Alabama) grew up in Bentonville. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Larkin Wilson’s, in full.
The question
Tell a story about a moment when your hometown came together or achieved something that made you proud.
The answer, as recorded
Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Larkin Wilson’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
Hi, my name is Larkin Wilson. I'm from Bentonville, Arkansas. And a moment where my hometown came together that made me really proud was actually kind of a sad moment. So back in 2024, there was a huge tornado. It wiped out a lot of Rogers and some areas in Bentonville, including my house. And the entire community just came together. It was beautiful to see just picking up trees, cleaning out stuff, helping find animals, helping like just helping each other. And it was just a time of really good connection where this tragedy had happened. And a lot of people had lost or damaged houses or properties. My house, like thankfully, was not hit that hard. But we had a bunch of trees down and we just had to help our neighbors and we had to recover. And now our area looks so much nicer than before. We cleared out all the trees that had fallen, all of the businesses that had been affected. We all just came together and supported each other through that.
Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.
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