The Brief
- Shakur McCrone and Carnell Barton are this year’s Children’s Gasparilla Parade community heroes.
- Both teens helped saved a woman from a house fire in 2025.
- McCrone and Barton are spreading the message of hope and kindness down this year’s parade route.
TAMPA, Fla. – To say that Shakur McCrone and Carnell Barton are humbled to be honored at this year’s Children’s Gasparilla Parade would be an understatement.
“It means a lot, like the recognition and stuff, because I really don’t get it as much. But normally, for me, it was just a random act of kindness. And I didn’t really expect much for it,” McCrone, one of this year’s community heroes, said.
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