Robert Smith Jr.

Feb 7, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra |Robert Smith Jr. |Liesl Counterman |David Strain

When the restaurant staff saw the four young men walk in wearing masks, they knew it was a robbery. They took off running—all except the cook in the back. He was wearing earbuds and didn’t hear them come in. The cook—Tony Smith—wasn’t even supposed to be working that night. He was planning to watch the Giants play the Rangers in the 2010 World Series with his grandma. But someone asked him to cover the shift, and he said he would.