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Meet the "Steel Warriors" melting down knives to empower British teens
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World - CBSNews.com
The bars kids climb on in Langdon Park now are made of knives that police have taken off London's streets.
"It's a whole metaphor for creating positive change out of something that's very negative," coach Demi Alvanis told CBS News.
Rafi Abdur, 16, who also goes to the free weekly workout sessions, told CBS News it had changed his life.
Alvanis told CBS News there's a deep power in pushing yourself.
The Steel Warriors charity hopes to expand its work, building more free gyms across the U.K. and, one day, maybe even in the United States.