On the Friday, January 25 broadcast of NBC’s Nightly News, Doug Smith received the spotlight treatment. His personal effort to change the trajectory of the lives of troubled boys by being a positive role model was highlighted by reporter Roger O’Neil.
O’NEIL: When storms threaten, sailors look for safe harbors. For teenagers swamped in a sea of bad behavior, the Safe Harbor Boys Home is shelter from life's storms. A successful businessman, Doug Smith, was charting a world cruise 24 years ago when he let two troubled teens crew on his boat. The change in them, and him, made Smith realize a positive role model, absent in his own childhood, is a strong anchor in choppy seas.
SMITH: You never have to teach a kid to lie. You've got to teach a kid to tell the truth.
O’NEIL: And it begins where each teen lives, on his own boat on the St. Johns River in .
