Denver Post · Nov 27, 2018
Former Nuggets star Dikembe Mutombo moved to tears in Jerusalem
Getty Images Global Humanitarian Award Honoree Dikembe Mutombo speaks at the Fourth Annual UNICEF Gala at The Foundry At Puritan Mill on April 12, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. JERUSALEM — NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, a fearsome 7-foot-2 center in his playing days, says he was moved to tears when he visited Jerusalem’s Old City.
Mutombo, who hails from a devout Christian community in Congo, said Tuesday that it was an emotional experience knowing that his parents died before they could see the place they spent their lives reading about in the Bible.
He said: “My parents might be gone, but they instilled in me the dream of coming here, and I’ve made it.”