article_snippet: But Worcester industrialist Carter Higgins and grandson of Higgins Armory Museum founder John Woodman Higgins shunned the choices and instead traveled to Africa in 1959 at the age of 18.
article_snippet: After 13 months with Dr. Schweitzer, Mr Higgins was off on a another journey in June 1960, with the idea of backpacking up through Africa to a kibbutz in Israel.
article_snippet: In 2014 Mr Higgins returned to Gabon with Mr Higgins husband and two grown children to retrace Mark's footsteps.
article_snippet: It was a mind-blowing experience to be at Schweitzer's,' Mr Higgins told the paper. '
article_snippet: Mr Higgins also explained part of the reason why Mr Higgins ventured to Africa.
article_snippet: Retracing steps: Mr Higgins walks around the Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, where Mark used to work . '
article_snippet: One was about working in the leper colony,' Mr Higgins added .
article_snippet: How Albert Schweitzer Inspired a Young Man's Journey which reveals the evidence Mr Higgins has discovered .