Kenny Porpora, 26, is a freelancer for the New York Times, and a breaking news editor at the Huffington Post. He is a graduate of Hofstra University and the Columbia School of Journalism.
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Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into ... SEE MORE