Richard’s pulse hammered. He looked back at the boy — standing there quietly now, clutching a torn backpack.

“How did you know?” Richard asked, walking over as emergency crews moved in.

The boy shrugged. “My dad used to fix these things before he… before he died. I saw the same leak once.”

That single moment — a poor boy saving a billionaire’s life — was captured by a nearby journalist. Within hours, it was everywhere. But what came after that warning would change both of their lives forever…

By the next morning, the story had gone viral. “Homeless boy saves billionaire from helicopter explosion” headlined every major news outlet. The boy’s name was Jordan Price, fourteen years old, living in a shelter downtown since his father’s passing two years earlier. His mother had disappeared shortly after, leaving him alone to survive on scraps and street smarts.