Dan Rodricks: A Baltimore man’s last, best shot at a better life

You hear stories of trauma and wonder how survivors ever manage to smile again. Many don’t. Deanmichael Harrod, however, has an electric smile despite decades of trouble and despite the fearsome challenge ahead — what he calls his “last shot” to finally leave a life of hard drinking and homelessness. Harrod smiles when he speaks. You can see happiness in his face and in the smart clothing he wears.