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September 1st Danny will walk from the World Trade Center
and arrive at Walter Reed Medical Center on September 10th.
In the morning of September 11th Danny will continue to
walk to the Pentagon and participate in the memorial ceremony
in the chapel of the Pentagon. This is the location where
the plane had hit.
Danny
Garcia has walked around 32,000 kms throughout the world
as a sign of his faith in his Lord & Saviour,
Jesus Christ and to promote, to the extent he is able,
a hope
for children and World Peace.
During his walks he has met with and made presentations
to a number of leaders, eminent persons and local, regional,
and major world organisations - but equally important are
the people of everyday life - the friends and the passers
by, the generous people who in some way help the journey,
the children.
As in anyone's life not all one's dreams or plans can be
achieved in a specified time. Rest assured that we endeavour
to be accurate but apologise for any errors or incorrect
or missing acknowledgements. This is an effort to by Discover-Life
to diarise Danny's efforts. Danny lives by faith and relies
on his fortitude and faith, and appreciates the goodwill
of others .
Perhaps
most amazing to many is not that Danny has walked around
32,000 km throughout the world but that he manages to do
this minimal resources. This of itself is testimony to his
calling and to the goodwill he has both given and received.
However, a little like the apostle Paul in his odyssey described
in Acts - some journeys are not complete amd sometimes goodwill
is not always there. Sometimes you are halted in your tracks
- remember Paul's trip along the road to Damascus. Sometimes
you are called to turn around as Paul was when he headed
off on his planned trip to Macedonia. Sometimes you are
persecuted and called upon to justify yourself - as Paul
was in Jerusalem and finally to Caesar himself.
Danny
Garcia was born in Spanish Harlem in New York City in 1945.
In 1962, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served
until 1967. After his tour of duty, Danny worked for the
Shell Oil Public Relations Department until 1972 when he
reentered the Marine Corps and served for another four years.
During this time, Danny was attending San Diego City College
where he earned his A.A. in 1976. His major was Psychology.
For
the next twenty years, (1975-1995) Mr. Garcia held several
different law enforcement positions in the San Diego, California
area: Correctional Officer, Metropolitan Correctional Center,
Federal Prison; Lieutenant at Burns Security; Site Commander
at Salk Institute. He has also served as the Drug and Alcohol
Counselor at NEPSI Narcotics Treatment Program; Drug and
Alcohol Counselor at the Methadone Clinic; Peer Group Counselor
at Patrick Henry High School.
From
1978, Danny Garcia has traveled throughout the world and
presented people with symbols of peace on behalf of the
Children of Our World. A few of those presentations, either
personally or via intermediaries were to:
UNICEF
at the United Nations during the International Year of the
Child; Prime Minister Shamir in Israel; Pope John Paul II
in Rome; Princess Anne in England; the President of the
Olympic Committee in Seoul, Korea; U.S. Presidents Bill
Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter; Mother Theresa
in San Diego, California; Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ralph
Bunch, in New York City; Stevie Wonder; Michael Jackson;
Whitney Houston; Redd Fox; Dr. Jonas Salk; Jackie Kennedy
Onassis; and Mohammad Ali.
In
1996-1997, Danny walked over 3,500 miles from San Francisco
to New York on behalf of the Children of Our World and for
World Peace (Conducted in three segments):
v San Francisco, California to Tijuana, Baja California,
Mexico.
v Alexandria, Virginia, to the Federal Building in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
v Miami, Florida to New York City, New York.
Danny
has walked on behalf of the Children of Our World and for
World Peace in New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Virginia,
Los Angeles, Baja California, and Tijuana, Mexico.
In 1998,
Danny attended a Untied Nations meeting in New York City.
He walked in countries in Europe, Asia, South America, Africa,
and Australia. Attended Peace Summit (a walk to United Nations
from Harlem with children from 185 countries) accompanied
by Dr. Deloise Blakeley, Mayor of Harlem, NYC, NY. Danny
also walked from the Mexico/U.S. border to Qualcomm Stadium
in San Diego, California on Super Bowl XXXII Sunday).
In 1999,
he assited in the organization of the first Children of
Our World Walk-4-Peace to begin in Wisconsin.
He walked
i n Sydney, Australia in September of 2000 for the celebration
of the Olympics.
November 11, 2000-Vatican City-Danny went to Rome for the
closing of the Holy Door at the Vatican in this millennial
year of Jubilee.
November 29 - December 8, 2000 -- Danny visited the Philippines
for a walk organized jointly by the Red Cross, the National
Press Club, with support from the Philippines Department
of Interior and Local Government. His walk started in Laoag,
Ilocos Norte and ended in Manila.
February 2001-Danny promoted the cause of peace in Australia.
June 2001 Jordan to Israel walk.
On
his return to the USA after September 11, Danny visited
the World Trade Center -"I was speechless."
DATELINE AUSTRALIA --- SYDNEY 2000 Olympics
Danny Garcia was in Canberra on Wednesday, September 6, 2001
and met with Senator Margaret Reid, the President of the Senate,
in Canberra.
Danny was blessed by the company of a young film crew from
Perth Modern School. Four Perth Modern media students, Lee
Wilkinson, Annabelle Afan, Julie Sandolova and Anthony Crocker
(see photo in Walks 2000-1) filmed the wonderful events Danny
and were involved in from Sept 6 to Sept 15 in the lead up
to the Olympics in Sydney,culminating in Sydney with the Bruce
Foster's live performance of "One Night of Peace" on September
14 on the eve of the Opening of the Sydney 2000 Olympics on
September 15.
Interested people may contact Danny via this website or at
bigstep2000@hotmail.com
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