Efren Peñaflorida, The CNN HERO of the year

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The Announcement::

And now, it’s time to announce the winner of the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year after we flooded CNN with our votes. “Flood em’ with our votes!” as the story goes.

Announcer: “Ladies and Gentlemen it is my great privilege to announce the CNN Hero of the year…”

Everyone was so quiet...

The room was so quiet that you could hear the “Sound of Silence”.

And the winner is!

Efren Peñaflorida

The 2009 CNN Hero of the Year!

Congratulations Efren Peñaflorida

Additional reading:

(CNN) — Efren Peñaflorida, who started a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. (Source: CNN Heroes)