Karim Alagha, sketched by Susan Siris Wexler
Driving down Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge, you pass Nick’s, a nondescript, two-pump gas and service station that you hardly notice. But if you talk to regular customers, they’ll say they go out of their way to fill up at Nick’s, even if it means getting just a gallon of gas somewhere else to get them home.
That fierce devotion is in no small part due to Karim Alagha, who pumped gas at Nick’s for more than two decades, until shortly before his death in December 2012. We spoke to his friends and longtime customers as part of a WBUR radio series, , featuring stories of kindness and the profound effect a small act can have.
This story came to me from my neighbors in Huron Village — thanks Alysia Abbott and Libby Lodge!
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