RefurbishedKees van Sante grew up in the Schilderswijk, the most notorious district in The Hague where survival was a daily lesson and street smarts were more valuable than a degree. He climbed to the top of the luxury hospitality industry, only to have the plug pulled by fate. Cancer, 43 radiation treatments, and the total loss of his hearing left him isolated in a world of silence. The doctors saw a permanent patient; the system saw a man who was "finished."