Every day people stepping up to help out their fellow human when they need it most.

Throughout the storm and its recovery, we have seen thousands of examples like Officer Ramon and I am certain that there are thousands more which we do not see. Over the course of the next three days, he and his unit helped rescue over 1,500 hundred people by boat to deliver them to safety. When the storm hit and there was no way to get to his station, he found a way to get to the only station he could get to.

This award is about true heroes, like police officer Norbert Ramon, who's in his 24th year on the job and is going through chemotherapy to battle stage four colon cancer. It is about the hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country and all over the world who donated to a city they may never have been to people they may never meet, but they donated simply because they saw their fellow human going through a difficult time and they wanted to help out. It is about the City of Houston and its ability to overcome adversity at a time where it all seemed lost. This award is about the inherent good that lies within humanity. This award is called the Man of the Year Award, but I promise you it is so much bigger than just one man. I couldn't have done any of this without you, so thank you. Thank you for standing side-by-side with me through everything and always being willing to lend a helping hand. My mom, Connie, my dad, John, my brother, T.J., my brother, Derek, and my beautiful girlfriend, Kealia (Ohai). Speaking of family, I cannot thank my own enough.

I cannot express how humbled and honored that I am to be mentioned in the same sentence as Walter Payton, a man who did everything right, not only on the field, but also off of it, and I'm going to continue to try and live that legacy and make that family proud so thank you all for supporting me. We also had a chance to spend some time with the Payton family, the beautiful Miss Connie, her daughter, Brittney, and son, Jarrett.

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