Little Rock Central High School senior John Allen Riggins , 17 , heard about the contest last summer while listening to National Public Radio . While in hiding , Holocaust victim Anne Frank wrote in her diary about a tree . The tree gave her hope about life , but now it is dying outside the secret annex . The tree 's roots will live on through distributed saplings grown from its chestnuts . Some sites in U.S. win saplings but they have to wait two years due to quarantine .
While in hiding , Holocaust victim Anne Frank wrote in her diary about a tree . The tree gave her hope about life , but now it is dying outside the secret annex . The tree 's roots will live on through distributed saplings grown from its chestnuts . Some sites in U.S. win saplings but they have to wait two years due to quarantine .