I recently heard a friend of mine talking about the story of Nicky Cruz. For anyone familiar with the story of David Wilkerson, Nicky Cruz will be a very familiar name. Cruz was a violent member of a teenage gang in New York City. It was said that he would laugh at the sight of someone bleeding. However, Cruz's life would be forever changed when a pastor from Pennsylvania named David Wilkerson moved to New York to help reach out to teenage gangs. Even through threats of violence and death, Wilkerson was determined to love these kids and point them to Jesus.