Drs. Travan and Travis Jasper, identical twins, are co-directors of the emergency department at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Their path to heading the ER started when they were 12, during a hospital visit experience that motivated them to achieve something greater. Steve Hartman talks with the Jasper twins about turning trauma into triumph, and…
If you visit the emergency room at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, there’s a good chance you might meet one of the Jasper twins. Drs. Travan and Travis Jasper are co-directors of Chippenham’s emergency department. But their story is singular, inspirational and completely improbable. “To be here, it’s amazing,” Travis Jasper told CBS News. “And…
In Austin, Texas, recent Indiana University graduate Jasper Steinmetz approached a man sporting something familiar: an IU backpack. The man turned out to be Sampson James, a former Indiana University football star who had fallen on hard times, following a knee injury and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Steve Hartman reports on what happened when…
While walking along a path in Austin, Texas, earlier this year, Jasper Steinmetz spotted a man with something both familiar and out of place. “I saw the Indiana University athletic backpack, and since I had just graduated from Indiana, we had that commonality. And I figured, you know, why not talk to him?” Steinmetz told…
