What a sight Nathaniel is, this lean African-American man lugging his cart full of instruments through hell, dreaming of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

NPR: Nathaniel's Story: From Juilliard to Skid Row

That's all a ways off, sure, but recovery in some form seems like a very real possibility, given the progress Nathaniel has made this year.

NPR: Nathaniel's Story: From Juilliard to Skid Row

"Often I felt Nathaniel was with me during this whole walk, " Asselin said.

CNN: A walk to pound grief into the ground