He Found His Way Out of the Streets in a Prison Cell With a Pamphlet. This Is How Debon “DJ” Sims Built a Trucking Business Nobody Could Take From Him.

The decision that changed Debon Sims’s life got made in a prison cell, over a pamphlet. That is where this story starts, and it is worth sitting with,

The Line That Kept Him From Going Back
Ask Sims what kept him on the right road when the easier, more familiar one was right there, and he does not reach for something grand. He reaches for a memory from the people who raised him. If you touch the ey… [9613 chars]

Source: FreightWaves | Published: 2026-07-09T16:17:23Z

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