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JOHN AYALA - MID-ATLANTIC DIRECTOR
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John Ayala "Unique" King Is a native New Yorker who was born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island. He grew up in a low-incolme neighborhood seeing drugs being sold in front of and behind every building. Most kids in the neighborhood belonged to a gang. At the age of 8, John joined the Young Marine Cadets as an alternative to the gangs. The Bruce Lee films he watched on Saturdays motivated him to begin learning Martial Arts.
When John was 14 years old he met a few Guardian Angels. He liked the fact that they look like a gang but were out to help people that could not help themselves. After finding out that the Guardian Angels studied Martial Arts, he decided he had to be part of this group of young men and women. John lied about his age and joined the group.
In 1989, at the age of 19, Mr. Ayala relocated to the Washington DC Metropolitan area to bring the concept of the Guardian Angels program to our nation's capitol. During the course of his duties there, John has been stabbed, and was cut on patrol by a drug dealer. These incidents do not stop him, he continues to do what he believes in - keeping the street safe and free of drugs.
Because of Mr Ayala's work in Washington he was the first chapter to be issued a police radio from the Police Chief, and is the first chapter to go through the police academy.
Contact:
Guardian Angels
PO Box 44029
Washington DC 20026-4029
Phone 202.359.0601
E-mail MidAtlantic@GuardianAngels.org
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