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TOGETHER let us remember Dick and Rick

July 28, 2007

Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts, USA. TOGETHER, they competed just about continuously in marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they are in a triathlon — that disheartening, almost superhuman, combination of 26.2 miles of running, 112 miles of bicycling, and 2.4 miles of swimming.

TOGETHER they have climbed mountains, and once trekked 3,770 miles across America.

It’s a remarkable record of exertion considering that Rick can’t walk nor talk.
For the past several years Dick, who is 65, has pushed and pulled his son across the country and over hundreds of finish lines. When Dick runs, Rick is in a wheelchair that Dick is pushing. When Dick cycles, Rick is in the seat-pod from his wheelchair, attached to the front of the bike. When Dick swims, Rick is in a small but heavy, firmly stabilized boat being pulled by Dick. TOGETHER, Dick is the body and Rick is the heart.

full entry and video here.

Written by quincyjohn · Filed Under Personal, Uncategorized 

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2 Responses to “TOGETHER let us remember Dick and Rick”

  1. bratyfly on July 28th, 2007 2:05 pm

    Thanks for a great blog entry for PBS. This is one of the joys that PBS brings us. Reading good blog that touches our heart and could change our lives.

    I tried to watch another video and below is an email from a stranger to Dick. [video]

    “I write this because I am a father.
    And to my shame I have been nothing like you Dick.
    I have been selfish more than I have been selfless.
    I am not rasiing my son the way I intended to raise him.
    and up to this point you could say I failed.
    But yesterday in a moment’s time I was changed.
    My heart was broken when I saw how much you must love your son.
    to put yourself in such agony. That he might experience the thrill of the race.
    Yesterday it became less about me and more about being my children’s
    father.
    I thank you sir!”

    Again thanks Quincy!

  2. quincy on July 28th, 2007 7:59 pm

    You’re very much welcome bratyfly (my God! I forgot your name! I’m sorry.).

    I easily get engrossed and moved to inspiring stories and that made me publish that entry, an entry about a life of father for a son.

    Maybe another reason why this video always dim my eyes with tears is, I, for one, is longing for a fatherly sacrifice, a fatherly love considering the fact that my father is already history. He died when I was yet young.

    Honestly, the understatement is I am envious with Rick but on the surface I am deeply inspired by their story most especially the “CAN-DO” attitude it tells everyone. And I think, it will always will.

    I was flattered when you commented. It may seem a no big deal with you but for me it is, really, a big fulfillment for me.

    Thanks so much.

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