DC ExtraTime: Someone You Should Know - Damion Gross

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It is an imperfect world that we are living in now, and it seems that you can't get away from the many headlines that have divided our world in the past few years. It is the presence of the ladder and the often negative stories that dominate our timelines and, perhaps, gives everyone reason to sound off in a not always pleasing manner. It's also the same thing when it comes to the world of MTV Reality, where the feeds and forums are also filled with plenty of drama and charged feelings. Unfortunately, they overshadow the kinds of stories that are inspirational that don't often get the recognition they deserve, and it's with that in mind that some of the stories DCBLOG has told in the 1000+ posts we've posted here are so good, positive & inspiring, all featuring the people of this family.

On Thanksgiving three years ago, we told the story of the friendship of Challenger Johnny Bananas and #1 fan & cancer survivor Kasey Harvey, offering a different & emotional layer to one of the most-talked-about stories in recent reality history in what happened at the end of his sixth & most recent finals win just months a few months earlier. Similar stories that have likely shed a tear in your eye have also been offered here that add a human element to these people: a much-maligned Atlanta girl helping save the life of a homeless man in her hometown, a member of the current Ex On The Beach cast giving his first soccer trophy to a terminally-ill superhero in the last months of his battle against cancer, and many others.

This latest story now adds to that list of those that can be described as bigger than TV, and one whose roots can be traced to the city that hosted this summer's return of The Real World when it aired for the first time on a non-MTV platform when it streamed exclusively on Facebook. One of the subjects was on that Real World season when the show returned to its roots of featuring seven strangers who were also socially conscious. The other person in this story lives in North Georgia... and it's the backstory of the ladder that is so remarkable that it attracted plenty of attention for those in need for some comfort food in the tense times we are in now. And it was just last month that they crossed paths, and reminded us that there are things in our world that make us smile and give us hope... meet the extraordinary young man named Damion Gross.