"Not too long ago, I was standing in front of the railroad tracks, waiting for a train to come so I could jump in front of it," he said.
"We don't use that 'F' word because there is a person's mother, father, sister, brother that lives behind that scarlet letter of shame," Meade told ABC News.
"Rather than, when you look at me, see what's wrong with this country, man, no, you can look at me and see what's possible with this country."
"That we are a nation of second chances; that we are a nation of overcoming against all odds."
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