Paul Berlenbach (the "Astoria Assassin"), was born a deaf mute, and remained so until the age of eighteen...then a miraculous event occurred...while working at a disability camp for children, the 18 year old Berlenbach tried to recover a boy's kite stuck at the top of the tree's branches...climbing a pole Berlenbach released the kite from the branches but touched a live electrical wire and was electrocuted, and fell unconscious to the ground...medics were called and worked on Berlenbach frantically and he was revived.
To his amazement his hearing was restored to normal and the 18 year old Berlenbach after a long treatment developed normal speech.
He then became a wrestler, then switched to boxing becoming a LH champion (1925-26) in a golden age of great light-heavyweights all due to a miracle performing a good deed.
