Musician Preforms Online Concerts for Birmingham Students Stuck Overnight at School

| January 31, 2014 

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There were many ways Alabamians banded together to help each other during this week’s surprise winter storm. A doctor walked six miles to the hospital to perform surgery. A Facebook page linked trapped motorists with good Samaritans to provide aid. Even a musician in Tennessee found a way to help. Roger Day heard about the thousands of children stuck at schools. So he treated them to impromptu online concerts. He tells WBHM’s Rachel Osier Lindley how the concerts came together.

 

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