The ascent from deuce-8
Peyton Siva decided to clean up the world of trouble he was raised in
Originally Published: October 29, 2012
By Eli Saslow | ESPN The Magazine
HE TAUGHT HIMSELF to drive at age 13, out of necessity, the same reason he learned to do everything. And one day in that summer of 2005, Peyton Siva climbed into his brother's beat-up Dodge and headed off to search for his dad.
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