Friends who followed through on pact to become doctors inspiring next generation of physicians

While growing up in a rough neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, three high school friends made a pact: Once they graduated from college, they would move on to medical school and become doctors.

Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. Rameck Hunt, and Dr. George Jenkins all made good on their promise. Not only are they physicians, but they are also authors and philanthropists, writing inspirational books as The Three Doctors and launching a nonprofit called The Three Doctors Foundation. The goal of their organization is to inspire kids from similar backgrounds and guide them on the path of education rather than drugs and alcohol.

Davis, now an ER doctor, told Inside Edition that for young people living in the inner city, it's "important to see the diversity in medicine, and in all professions that matter so that the community and the professions represent each other." He is grateful that every day, he has the chance to help people. "Being on the front lines and saving lives is really an exciting sort of process to be part of, and to think that I have an opportunity to do it, especially where I came from, is a blessing," Davis said. Catherine Garcia

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