Five years later: Hillsborough County teen who helped first responders receives scholarship from YMK
WFLA News Channel 8
[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '4.880', 'text': "faced loss. He's led through service and"}, {'start': '2.800', 'end': '7.120', 'text': 'never lost sight of his mission. You may'}, {'start': '4.880', 'end': '8.960', 'text': 'remember him. We profiled this Hillsboro'}, {'start': '7.120', 'end': '11.280', 'text': 'County teen 5 years ago for helping'}, {'start': '8.960', 'end': '12.880', 'text': 'first responders during the pandemic.'}, {'start': '11.280', 'end': '15.560', 'text': 'And we have a heartwarming update'}, {'start': '12.880', 'end': '18.640', 'text': 'tonight. He received a big honor today.'}, {'start': '15.560', 'end': '20.720', 'text': '$10,000 to help him in college and for'}, {'start': '18.640', 'end': '23.519', 'text': 'him to continue with his mission. News'}, {'start': '20.720', 'end': '25.920', 'text': "Channel 8's Georgia MacArthur reports. A"}, {'start': '23.519', 'end': '28.560', 'text': 'senior at Riverview High School, Gavin'}, {'start': '25.920', 'end': '31.119', 'text': "Floyd's journey hasn't been easy. But"}, {'start': '28.560', 'end': '36.160', 'text': 'today, the teen who turned tragedy into'}, {'start': '31.119', 'end': '38.480', 'text': 'purpose got a surprise celebration.'}, {'start': '36.160', 'end': '41.040', 'text': "We're coming for you, Riverview. They"}, {'start': '38.480', 'end': '45.760', 'text': 'usually come to pillage and plunder, but'}, {'start': '41.040', 'end': '47.640', 'text': 'today the pirates are giving back.'}, {'start': '45.760', 'end': '50.640', 'text': "This wasn't your average scholarship"}, {'start': '47.640', 'end': '52.960', 'text': 'ceremony. In true Tampa Bay fashion,'}, {'start': '50.640', 'end': '54.480', 'text': "pirates delivered the prize. There's not"}, {'start': '52.960', 'end': '55.840', 'text': 'a lot that we can do individually, but'}, {'start': '54.480', 'end': '57.360', 'text': "there's a lot that we can do when we"}, {'start': '55.840', 'end': '59.359', 'text': 'contribute to the collective effort. and'}, {'start': '57.360', 'end': '62.000', 'text': "I'm happy to be back. I'm 3D printing"}, {'start': '59.359', 'end': '64.799', 'text': 'masks. We first met Gavin Floyd back in'}, {'start': '62.000', 'end': '67.280', 'text': '2020 when he created 3D printed mask'}, {'start': '64.799', 'end': '69.520', 'text': 'frames for military and first responders'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '71.200', 'text': "during the pandemic. Everything I've"}, {'start': '69.520', 'end': '72.880', 'text': 'done from the 3D printed mass service'}, {'start': '71.200', 'end': '75.119', 'text': 'project and developing a 3D printed'}, {'start': '72.880', 'end': '76.640', 'text': 'opamoscope a while ago and kind of'}, {'start': '75.119', 'end': '78.479', 'text': 'testing it and kind of distributing it'}, {'start': '76.640', 'end': '80.000', 'text': 'through the World Health Organization.'}, {'start': '78.479', 'end': '81.600', 'text': "Everything I've kind of done has been"}, {'start': '80.000', 'end': '83.840', 'text': 'culminating to that giving back that'}, {'start': '81.600', 'end': '86.560', 'text': "service before self. He's led his"}, {'start': '83.840', 'end': '89.280', 'text': 'classmates in the pool and on the track'}, {'start': '86.560', 'end': '91.600', 'text': 'while researching in his spare time, but'}, {'start': '89.280', 'end': '94.880', 'text': 'it was a tragedy, not titles, that'}, {'start': '91.600', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'shaped his path. He lost his father and'}, {'start': '94.880', 'end': '98.960', 'text': 'everything changed. My freshman year of'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '100.720', 'text': 'high school, my dad did get in an'}, {'start': '98.960', 'end': '102.720', 'text': 'accident. He did pass away and that was'}, {'start': '100.720', 'end': '104.159', 'text': 'kind of life-changing for me. You know,'}, {'start': '102.720', 'end': '107.759', 'text': 'you never think it will happen to you'}, {'start': '104.159', 'end': '109.920', 'text': 'until it does. With a 6.2 2 weighted'}, {'start': '107.759', 'end': '113.200', 'text': "GPA. He's heading to the Air Force"}, {'start': '109.920', 'end': '116.159', 'text': 'Academy with a $10,000 scholarship from'}, {'start': '113.200', 'end': '119.360', 'text': 'the Ye Mystic Crew of Gasparella to fund'}, {'start': '116.159', 'end': '120.719', 'text': 'his research and education. Research we'}, {'start': '119.360', 'end': '122.880', 'text': 'have to fund privately and this will'}, {'start': '120.719', 'end': '124.560', 'text': 'help funding our research and I knew'}, {'start': '122.880', 'end': '127.119', 'text': 'that going to the Air Force Academy is'}, {'start': '124.560', 'end': '129.200', 'text': 'where I kind of belonged. Gavin says he'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '131.120', 'text': 'plans to become a pilot. He and another'}, {'start': '129.200', 'end': '133.040', 'text': 'student received a scholarship from the'}, {'start': '131.120', 'end': '135.840', 'text': "crew. Reporting in Hillsboro County, I'm"}, {'start': '133.040', 'end': '137.680', 'text': 'Georgia MacArthur. AIDS on your side.'}, {'start': '135.840', 'end': '139.120', 'text': 'And how smart is that young man? Oh, and'}, {'start': '137.680', 'end': '141.040', 'text': 'just such a bright future. And I love'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '142.560', 'text': 'when we do those follow-ups years after'}, {'start': '141.040', 'end': '143.840', 'text': 'the fact. We can share the earlier'}, {'start': '142.560', 'end': '144.959', 'text': "story. He's one of those guys that"}, {'start': '143.840', 'end': '146.800', 'text': 'probably going to have some great patent'}, {'start': '144.959', 'end': '147.920', 'text': 'on something fantastic at the Air Force.'}, {'start': '146.800', 'end': '150.640', 'text': "He's going to do great things. We wish"}, {'start': '147.920', 'end': '150.640', 'text': 'him well. Absolely.'}]