I remember seeing the story six years ago and feeling like I’d been punched in the stomach. It seemed to exemplify everything that was going wrong in our country.
The bad memory: a psychopath picked up a boy at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, and threw him over a three-story balcony. The boy, Landen Hoffman, then five years old, fell 40 feet and suffered broken bones, severe head trauma, and internal injuries.
It was and remains a horrible story—but there’s some good news. Now 11 years old, Hoffman has worked hard and has been helped in his recovery by hero doctors and his supportive family, and he’s doing well.
His mom Kari Hoffman recalled that awful moment in a telephone interview and described what’s transpired since:
Kari ran down several escalators screaming for her son, who laid limp on the floor and she began praying to…
