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COY WIRE: Hello, everyone.
What a wonderful day.
It's Friday.
And you already know Friday's rock.
I'm Coy Wire.
This is "CNN 10," where we break down big news stories
and easy to understand explanations, with reporters
all over the world.
No opinion, no slant, just the news.
And we love having some fun with you.
Starting with some good news today.
Hurricane season is officially over in the United States.
The hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.
And this season was notable for several reasons.
One, it was calm the first half of the season.
No hurricanes from July 3 to the end of August,
for the first time now since 1941.
But the second half, three destructive hurricanes
did hit the United States.
Here's a breakdown.
Despite the slow start, there were 14
named storms, eight hurricanes, two of them
major registering category 3 or higher.
Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, and Fiona
were among the most notable.
Hurricane Ian made landfall as a category 4 storm,
killing nearly 150 people, destroying
homes and businesses.
Tropical storm Ian also caused more than $50 billion
in estimated damage.
Several hundred Florida Keys residents
marked the end of this hurricane season
by gathering on Wednesday to celebrate.
They burned hurricane warning flags.
Some people, though, still cleaning up damage left behind,
mourning loved ones taken by storms.
10-second trivia.
In which of these US states would you find a zip code
that starts with the number 1--
New York, California, Texas, or Florida?
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Zip codes starting with a 1 represent New York,
Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
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Next up, I want to introduce you to a very special principal,
who's empowering her students and defining
her school's sense of pride.
Principal Lisa Caldwell Linder, from Brownsville neighborhood
in Brooklyn, came from what some would
consider a rough neighborhood.
But she always believed that she could
rise above any of the negative aspects surrounding her.
And she did.
Over time, she coined a phrase, "I am not my zip code."
And she's using that phrase now to empower her students
at her school and make them realize
that they too can rise up higher than others
might assume as possible.
Meet Principal Lisa Caldwell Linder.
NATHALY WARNER: Ms. Linder sees natural abilities
within people.
KADIR ELLISON: That's what I loved about her that she just
kept us on the right track.
TRISTAN MILLS JR.: Ms. Linda honestly
gave me a safer environment.
LISA CALDWELL LINDER: My favorite phrase
is don't let the zip code fool you, because a lot of people
do that.
I am a product of Brownsville.
My zip code growing up was 11212.
And I'm sure if we Google 11212, all of the negative
will be exposed.
I want our students to feel good,
regardless of their zip code.
PS/IS 184 is a haven for learning.
Attendance might be a challenge for a lot of our students
because a violent crime may have been
committed in the neighborhood, may have been
committed in their complex.
And there's some level of fear.
Hence, that's why we try to create the safest
environment internally.
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And when I came here, I was a big advocate of the arts.
Whole classes would just go to this one art teacher.
And no other arts offerings were made available.
We instituted the following year, where students were
provided with an art option to select which
elective they would go to.
So to date, we have the only marching band in District 23.
- Let's get this party started.
LISA CALDWELL LINDER: We have added dancers to go
along with the marching band.
Broadway Junior is like the creme de la creme of 184.
This year, we're doing Willy Wonka.
So you can see the difference.
Students want to be present in school
because we're rehearsing for Broadway Junior.
We're performing for the Christmas showcase, right?
So I have to be present.
So we recognize by doing all of those things,
it's supported us with improving our attendance.
Since the 10 years I've been here,
we've seen sort of a roller coaster, I'll be honest, right?
But we knew that we had to add and provide more.
As a community school, we have a community
resource director who identifies the gaps-- what's not here.
NATHALY WARNER: We are pretty much
the hub of the community, yeah.
So when our parents are in need, they can come.
LISA CALDWELL LINDER: How many parents are taking
their children for eye exams?
We're going to have the eye exams right here on site.
WANDA SPEEDE: Today, as you can see, we had our food
distribution of fresh produce, because we
go into the supermarkets in the area.
You will notice that there's a dearth of fresh natural food.
So our book distribution, these are books that we've
accumulated over the years.
We've used them as class sets.
We actually distribute those for free to families.
So we're excited that we can do this for the community.
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LISA CALDWELL LINDER: I will be retiring.
After 30 years with the New York City Department of Education,
I felt like I have left an indelible impact
on the school community and all the other communities
I have worked in.
AUBREY NICHOLSON: Ms. Linda is an amazing person.
And I would say that the school definitely
started to thrive when Ms. Linda got
into the principal's office.
Definitely.
TRISTAN MILLS JR.: Ms. Linda is like my second mother.
ALIYAH BASKERVILLE: I thank you to Ms. Linda that she made it.
She's the main one who made this school and who made
us feel powerful and brave.
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COY WIRE: All right.
All of you powerful and brave people, your 10 out of 10 story
today is about two friends from France who
went to the World Cup in Qatar.
Why?
Because they traveled the roughly 4,300 miles by bike.
We're talking 13 countries, flooded woodlands
in Hungary, a scorching desert in Saudi
Arabia, dozens of flat tires.
Their goal was to see their beloved team France,
the defending World Cup champs.
They told us, "We're the kind of people that have big ideas,
and we don't want to have any regrets."
Let's meet them.
MEHDI BALAMISSA: This crazy idea of going
to Qatar from Paris by bicycle to attend the World Cup.
GABRIEL MARTIN: It was under 7,000 kilometers,
three months, 13 countries.
We went from Paris to Istanbul.
From Istanbul, we went south, was Jerusalem.
Third of our adventure was in in Saudi Arabia.
MEHDI BALAMISSA: And we actually went
through all kinds of landscapes from Europe
to the mountains of Turkey and in the desert in Israel,
Jordan, Saudi Arabia.
First stages in the deserts were especially
very hard because it's very-- it's
such a hostile environment.
And compared to what we experienced
in Europe, for example, there is just nothing around you.
GABRIEL MARTIN: We had a lot of surprises,
but I think the most important was how hospitality
is a word, a universal word.
You know, in each country, we were saved by people,
giving us some food, even giving us some water,
sometimes welcoming us at home.
Arriving in Doha was incredible.
There were so many people welcoming
us, especially from the French community based in Doha.
We had the French National team.
Here, they made the surprise to work on us,
to take picture with us, and to offer
us a French National Jersey with all the players signatures.
MEHDI BALAMISSA: So we will fly back to Paris.
But this doesn't mean bike trips are over.
It's a lifestyle that we actually loved.
And I'm sure that we will want to go back on other adventures.
We were actually very happy to document
our trip and share with our followers on social media.
And so we also realized that this
was a way of telling people that, look,
you can take your bike and leave adventures.
COY WIRE: All right, lovely people, we made it.
There ain't no medicine like momentum.
So let's finish this week strong and power
right along into the weekend.
First, though, a shout out to Lakeview Junior and Senior High
School in Campti, Louisiana.
Remember, you are more powerful than you know.
I'm Coy.
This is "CNN 10."
And it's been a blessing to spend this week with you.
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