That reality hit Edgecombe when he saw his mother, Brenda Rolle, overcome with emotion as he was chosen. He thought back to his childhood, and what Rolle had to go through to feed him and his siblings. Edgecombe thought back to those long nights on the island, relying on a generator because they had no electricity. Advertisement “What was going through my head [on the nights] was we were going to get the electricity to stay on without [the generator] turning off in the middle of the night when we were sleeping,” he said. “It was just tough times. “But my mom, my grandmom, they work hard every day to make sure that we slept good at night, to make sure everything was well. So it’s just a credit to them.”